MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
Change to
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); John King 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
John King
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
John King
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
John King
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
John King
34.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
John King
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
John King
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
John King
.283
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
2.064.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
John King
2.064.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.45
now 1.08
1.23
John King
.9001.45
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
34
John King
4052.80
now 20
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
John King
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
John King
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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