MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Taylor Clarke
Taylor Clarke
AZ · 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); Taylor Clarke 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
Taylor Clarke
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Taylor Clarke
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Taylor Clarke
14.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Taylor Clarke
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Taylor Clarke
34.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Taylor Clarke
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Taylor Clarke
.324
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
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Taylor Clarke
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.80
3.73
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.46
now 1.08
1.23
Taylor Clarke
.9001.46
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054
now 42
34
Taylor Clarke
4054
now 12
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Taylor Clarke
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029.40
now 20
1121
Taylor Clarke
.00029.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTaylor Clarke — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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