MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Beck Way
KC · 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, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Beck Way wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Beck Way
97.5
Cade Smith
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Beck Way
13.0%
Cade Smith
17.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Beck Way
22.9%
Cade Smith
35.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Beck Way
32.6%
Cade Smith
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Beck Way
34.8%
Cade Smith
47.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Beck Way
4.3%
Cade Smith
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Beck Way
.320
Cade Smith
.293
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
Beck Way
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Cade Smith
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Beck Way
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Beck Way
4058
now 2
39
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
41
Winshigher is better
Beck Way
.0004.20
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Beck Way
.00035
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00035
now 20
1425
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBeck Way — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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