MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Bradgley Rodriguez
Bradgley Rodriguez
SD · 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); Bradgley Rodriguez wins 1 (ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
98.1
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
14.3%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
22.1%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
31.5%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
31.9%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
2.5%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.241
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
Bradgley Rodriguez
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.63
3.61
Cade Smith
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.9701.33
now 1.05
1.25
Cade Smith
.9701.33
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
4050
now 26
22
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.0002.80
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bradgley Rodriguez
.00029.40
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBradgley Rodriguez — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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