MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Mitchell Parker
Mitchell Parker
WSH · 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, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Mitchell Parker 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
Mitchell Parker
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Mitchell Parker
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Mitchell Parker
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Mitchell Parker
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Mitchell Parker
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Mitchell Parker
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Mitchell Parker
.347
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
26.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Mitchell Parker
26.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.28
3.82
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
Mitchell Parker
1.011.32
now 1.17
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4048.80
now 42
34
Mitchell Parker
4048.80
now 26
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Mitchell Parker
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Mitchell Parker
.00029
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMitchell Parker — hold.conf 0.55
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