MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Eduard Bazardo
Eduard Bazardo
SEA · 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); Eduard Bazardo 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
Eduard Bazardo
95.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Eduard Bazardo
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Eduard Bazardo
23.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Eduard Bazardo
28.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Eduard Bazardo
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Eduard Bazardo
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Eduard Bazardo
.308
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
Cade Smith
24.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Eduard Bazardo
24.34
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.13
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.50
now 1.08
1.23
Eduard Bazardo
.9601.50
now 1.38
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
Eduard Bazardo
4050.80
now 23
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Eduard Bazardo
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Eduard Bazardo
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeEduard Bazardo — hold.conf 0.50
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