MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Braydon Fisher
Braydon Fisher
TOR · 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, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Braydon Fisher wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
94.8
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
12.3%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
25.0%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braydon Fisher
30.9%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
40.0%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
12.5%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braydon Fisher
.304
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
Braydon Fisher
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.48
3.71
Cade Smith
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Braydon Fisher
.9001.38
now 0.95
1.26
Cade Smith
.9001.38
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
4048.80
now 33
25
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
.5202.48
now 2
12
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Braydon Fisher
.00029.40
now 1
01
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBraydon Fisher — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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