MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Daniel Lynch IV
Daniel Lynch IV
KC · 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); Daniel Lynch IV 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
Daniel Lynch IV
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Daniel Lynch IV
14.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Daniel Lynch IV
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Daniel Lynch IV
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Daniel Lynch IV
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Daniel Lynch IV
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Daniel Lynch IV
.285
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
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Daniel Lynch IV
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.93
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.23
Daniel Lynch IV
.9001.34
now 0.99
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4049.60
now 42
34
Daniel Lynch IV
4049.60
now 27
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Daniel Lynch IV
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Daniel Lynch IV
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighDaniel Lynch IV — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.94
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