MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Dylan Lee
Dylan Lee
ATL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 2 (K, SV); Dylan Lee wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Dylan Lee
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Dylan Lee
21.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Dylan Lee
34.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Dylan Lee
38.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Dylan Lee
28.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Dylan Lee
4.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Dylan Lee
.211
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
24.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Dylan Lee
24.63
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.30
3.57
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.48
now 1.08
1.23
Dylan Lee
.9001.48
now 0.61
1.22

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Dylan Lee
4048.80
now 34
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Dylan Lee
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Dylan Lee
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighDylan Lee — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.69
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