MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
MIL · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Chad Patrick
95.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Chad Patrick
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Chad Patrick
20.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Chad Patrick
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Chad Patrick
38.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Chad Patrick
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Chad Patrick
.314
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cade Smith
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Chad Patrick
24.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.54
3.96
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9801.43
now 1.08
1.23
Chad Patrick
.9801.43
now 1.20
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
34
Chad Patrick
4047.60
now 34
30
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Chad Patrick
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Chad Patrick
.00029
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighChad Patrick — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
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