MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Yoendrys Gómez
Yoendrys Gómez
MIN · 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); Yoendrys Gómez wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Yoendrys Gómez
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Yoendrys Gómez
11.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Yoendrys Gómez
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Yoendrys Gómez
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Yoendrys Gómez
45.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Yoendrys Gómez
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Yoendrys Gómez
.344
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
2.014.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Yoendrys Gómez
2.014.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.08
3.80
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9701.47
now 1.08
1.23
Yoendrys Gómez
.9701.47
now 1.36
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4049.60
now 42
34
Yoendrys Gómez
4049.60
now 27
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Yoendrys Gómez
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028.60
now 20
1121
Yoendrys Gómez
.00028.60
now 3
23
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighYoendrys Gómez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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