MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
NYY · 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); Jake Bird wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Jake Bird
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Jake Bird
11.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Jake Bird
22.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Jake Bird
23.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Jake Bird
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Jake Bird
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Jake Bird
.333
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
25.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Jake Bird
25.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9801.43
now 1.08
1.23
Jake Bird
.9801.43
now 1.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.80
now 42
34
Jake Bird
4050.80
now 20
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jake Bird
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Jake Bird
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.50
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