MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Nardi
Andrew Nardi
MIA · P
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Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Andrew Nardi wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
94.6
Cade Smith
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
14.6%
Cade Smith
17.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
27.3%
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Nardi
29.5%
Cade Smith
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
45.0%
Cade Smith
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
13.3%
Cade Smith
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Nardi
.348
Cade Smith
.279
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
Andrew Nardi
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.16
3.74
Cade Smith
26.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Nardi
.9501.54
now 1.41
1.24
Cade Smith
.9501.54
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
4050
now 27
22
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
29
Winshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
.2003.80
now 3
13
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Andrew Nardi
.00028
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAndrew Nardi — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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