MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brock Burke
Brock Burke
CIN · 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); Brock Burke wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brock Burke
96.3
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
12.8%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brock Burke
20.3%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brock Burke
28.1%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
30.5%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brock Burke
8.6%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brock Burke
.326
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
Brock Burke
2.144.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
3.75
Cade Smith
2.144.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brock Burke
.9601.51
now 1.39
1.26
Cade Smith
.9601.51
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brock Burke
4050
now 27
22
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Brock Burke
.0002.80
now 1
01
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brock Burke
.00029.40
now 1
01
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
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If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrock Burke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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