MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
AJ Smith-Shawver
ATL · P
Change to
Portrait of Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
CLE · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

AJ Smith-Shawver.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

AJ Smith-Shawver wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Slade Cecconi wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
96.0
Slade Cecconi
93.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
11.5%
Slade Cecconi
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
17.5%
Slade Cecconi
18.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
28.9%
Slade Cecconi
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
38.0%
Slade Cecconi
41.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
8.5%
Slade Cecconi
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.336
Slade Cecconi
.337
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
AJ Smith-Shawver
3.645.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.15
4.10
Slade Cecconi
3.645.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.25
4.59
WHIPlower is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
1.221.57
now 1.38
1.30
Slade Cecconi
1.221.57
now 1.49
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
4068.40
now 4
10
Slade Cecconi
4068.40
now 50
10
Winshigher is better
AJ Smith-Shawver
.0004.20
now 0
00
Slade Cecconi
.0004.20
now 3
01

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAJ Smith-Shawver — hold.conf 0.50
SellSlade Cecconi — sell.conf 0.78
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