MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Steven Okert
Steven Okert
HOU · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, W, SV); Steven Okert wins 1 (ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Steven Okert
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Steven Okert
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Steven Okert
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Steven Okert
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Steven Okert
28.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Steven Okert
4.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Steven Okert
.248
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
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Steven Okert
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.46
3.64
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.23
Steven Okert
.9001.34
now 0.96
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
34
Steven Okert
4051.60
now 22
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Steven Okert
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Steven Okert
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSteven Okert — hold.conf 0.50
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