MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Taylor Rogers
Taylor Rogers
MIN · 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, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Taylor Rogers wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Taylor Rogers
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Taylor Rogers
7.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.8%
Taylor Rogers
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.5%
Taylor Rogers
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.2%
Taylor Rogers
29.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.4%
Taylor Rogers
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Taylor Rogers
.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
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Taylor Rogers
24.77
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.77
now 1.08
1.23
Taylor Rogers
.9001.77
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
34
Taylor Rogers
4052
now 17
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Taylor Rogers
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00029
now 20
1121
Taylor Rogers
.00029
now 2
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTaylor Rogers — hold.conf 0.55
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