MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Orion Kerkering
Orion Kerkering
PHI · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Orion Kerkering wins 1 (W); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Orion Kerkering
97.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Orion Kerkering
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Orion Kerkering
25.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Orion Kerkering
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Orion Kerkering
24.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Orion Kerkering
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Orion Kerkering
.267
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
2.074.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Orion Kerkering
2.074.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.53
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Orion Kerkering
1.011.31
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Orion Kerkering
4050
now 23
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Orion Kerkering
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Orion Kerkering
.00029.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighOrion Kerkering — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.74
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