MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Lake Bachar
Lake Bachar
MIA · 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); Lake Bachar wins 1 (ERA).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Lake Bachar
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Lake Bachar
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Lake Bachar
27.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Lake Bachar
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Lake Bachar
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Lake Bachar
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Lake Bachar
.278
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
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Lake Bachar
2.134.24
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
3.16
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.37
now 1.08
1.23
Lake Bachar
.9101.37
now 1.01
1.27

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048
now 42
34
Lake Bachar
4048
now 32
27
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Lake Bachar
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Lake Bachar
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
BuyLake Bachar — buy.conf 0.88
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