MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Aaron Bummer
KC · P
Change to
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · 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); Aaron Bummer wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
90.5
Cade Smith
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
10.6%
Cade Smith
16.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
16.9%
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Bummer
27.4%
Cade Smith
32.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Bummer
54.7%
Cade Smith
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Bummer
15.1%
Cade Smith
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Bummer
.386
Cade Smith
.283
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
Aaron Bummer
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.82
3.70
Cade Smith
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Bummer
.9002.31
now 1.96
1.24
Cade Smith
.9002.31
now 1.08
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Bummer
4053.60
now 13
16
Cade Smith
4053.60
now 42
26
Winshigher is better
Aaron Bummer
.0002.80
now 1
01
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Aaron Bummer
.00028
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
816
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAaron Bummer — hold.conf 0.50
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
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