MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Will Vest
Will Vest
DET · 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); Will Vest wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Will Vest
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Will Vest
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Will Vest
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Will Vest
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Will Vest
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Will Vest
5.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Will Vest
.307
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Will Vest
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.23
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9301.60
now 1.08
1.23
Will Vest
.9301.60
now 1.45
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
Will Vest
4050.80
now 20
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Will Vest
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Will Vest
.00029
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowWill Vest — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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