MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Bryan Baker
Bryan Baker
TB · 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); Bryan Baker wins 1 (ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan Baker
97.1
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
16.3%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
29.3%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan Baker
36.1%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
31.0%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan Baker
5.7%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan Baker
.246
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
Bryan Baker
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.65
Cade Smith
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Bryan Baker
11.31
now 1.07
1.24
Cade Smith
11.31
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan Baker
4049.20
now 29
24
Cade Smith
4049.20
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Bryan Baker
.5202.48
now 1
11
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bryan Baker
5.6025.40
now 16
1018
Cade Smith
5.6025.40
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBryan Baker — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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