MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Brooks Raley
Brooks Raley
NYM · 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); Brooks Raley wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brooks Raley
90.1
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
11.0%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
24.7%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brooks Raley
30.3%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
32.3%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brooks Raley
5.2%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brooks Raley
.297
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
Brooks Raley
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.61
3.70
Cade Smith
24.54
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brooks Raley
1.011.32
now 1.25
1.24
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brooks Raley
4048.80
now 26
25
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.0002.80
now 1
01
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brooks Raley
.00029.40
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
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If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrooks Raley — 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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