MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Bryan King
Bryan King
HOU · 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); Bryan King wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bryan King
91.9
Cade Smith
96.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
8.7%
Cade Smith
17.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bryan King
18.0%
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bryan King
31.1%
Cade Smith
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
35.6%
Cade Smith
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bryan King
5.2%
Cade Smith
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bryan King
.313
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 King
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.84
3.72
Cade Smith
2.154.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Bryan King
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.25
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bryan King
4051.20
now 19
19
Cade Smith
4051.20
now 42
34
Winshigher is better
Bryan King
.0002.80
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Bryan King
.00027.80
now 6
47
Cade Smith
.00027.80
now 20
1121
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBryan King — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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