MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brennan Bernardino
Brennan Bernardino
COL · P
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Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Brennan Bernardino wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
90.5
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
10.1%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
16.1%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brennan Bernardino
26.3%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
29.4%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
4.8%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brennan Bernardino
.318
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
Brennan Bernardino
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.70
3.72
Cade Smith
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brennan Bernardino
1.011.32
now 1.23
1.25
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
4051.60
now 18
18
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
.2003.80
now 2
13
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brennan Bernardino
.00029.40
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrennan Bernardino — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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