MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Zach Agnos
Zach Agnos
COL · 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); Zach Agnos wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Zach Agnos
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Zach Agnos
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Zach Agnos
14.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Zach Agnos
33.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Zach Agnos
41.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Zach Agnos
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Zach Agnos
.355
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Zach Agnos
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.78
4.84
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.77
now 1.08
1.23
Zach Agnos
.9001.77
now 1.57
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
33
Zach Agnos
4050
now 27
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Zach Agnos
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
1120
Zach Agnos
.00027.60
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
SellZach Agnos — sell.conf 0.90
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