MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Will Klein
Will Klein
LAD · 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, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Will Klein wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Will Klein
97.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Will Klein
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Will Klein
26.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Will Klein
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Will Klein
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Will Klein
3.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Will Klein
.279
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
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Will Klein
24.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.88
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.32
now 1.08
1.23
Will Klein
.9601.32
now 1.04
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4049.60
now 42
34
Will Klein
4049.60
now 25
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Will Klein
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Will Klein
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWill Klein — hold.conf 0.50
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