MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Sam Bachman
Sam Bachman
LAA · 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); Sam Bachman 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
Sam Bachman
98.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Sam Bachman
15.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Sam Bachman
25.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Sam Bachman
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Sam Bachman
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Sam Bachman
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Sam Bachman
.287
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
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Sam Bachman
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.22
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.32
now 1.08
1.23
Sam Bachman
1.011.32
now 1.09
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
34
Sam Bachman
4050
now 29
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Sam Bachman
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Sam Bachman
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Bachman — hold.conf 0.50
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