MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Cam Smith
Cam Smith
HOU · RF
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Portrait of Chase DeLauter
Chase DeLauter
CLE · RF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cam Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — home runs, runs, and steals. Chase DeLauter’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Cam Smith wins 3 categories (HR, R, SB); Chase DeLauter wins 2 (RBI, AVG).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Cam Smith
89.5
Chase DeLauter
90.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
44.6%
Chase DeLauter
44.3%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Cam Smith
12.0%
Chase DeLauter
6.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Cam Smith
29.0%
Chase DeLauter
20.4%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Cam Smith
13.6%
Chase DeLauter
6.8%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Cam Smith
.338
Chase DeLauter
.345
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 · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Cam Smith
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .218
.226
Chase DeLauter
.200.290
lg AVG .295
now .268
.268

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
58.60
now 6
5
Chase DeLauter
58.60
now 7
3
Runshigher is better
Cam Smith
2029.20
now 26
21
Chase DeLauter
2029.20
now 22
18
RBIhigher is better
Cam Smith
2038
now 21
17
Chase DeLauter
2038
now 32
26
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Cam Smith
.0009
now 7
6
Chase DeLauter
.0009
now 2
2
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCam Smith — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.69
BuyChase DeLauter — buy.conf 0.66
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