MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Michael Petersen
Michael Petersen
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); Michael Petersen 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
Michael Petersen
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Michael Petersen
14.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Michael Petersen
29.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Michael Petersen
31.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Michael Petersen
44.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Michael Petersen
12.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Michael Petersen
.285
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
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Michael Petersen
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.63
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Michael Petersen
1.011.31
now 1.12
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
34
Michael Petersen
4051.60
now 23
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Michael Petersen
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Michael Petersen
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMichael Petersen — hold.conf 0.50
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