MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Bender
Anthony Bender
MIA · P
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Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · 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); Anthony Bender wins 1 (ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Bender
96.8
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
9.7%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
29.3%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Bender
26.1%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
33.3%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Bender
7.1%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Bender
.254
Cade Smith
.286
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
Anthony Bender
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.42
3.66
Cade Smith
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Bender
.9001.36
now 0.93
1.24
Cade Smith
.9001.36
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Bender
4050.80
now 25
20
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.0002.80
now 1
01
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Anthony Bender
.00029.40
now 1
02
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAnthony Bender — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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