MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Wandy Peralta
Wandy Peralta
SD · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Wandy Peralta wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Wandy Peralta
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Wandy Peralta
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Wandy Peralta
15.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Wandy Peralta
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Wandy Peralta
34.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Wandy Peralta
3.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Wandy Peralta
.311
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cade Smith
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Wandy Peralta
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.73
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9401.58
now 1.08
1.23
Wandy Peralta
.9401.58
now 1.44
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
34
Wandy Peralta
4051.60
now 19
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Wandy Peralta
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Wandy Peralta
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWandy Peralta — hold.conf 0.50
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