MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Brady Basso
ATH · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Brady Basso wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brady Basso
93.1
Cade Smith
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
13.0%
Cade Smith
16.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brady Basso
20.9%
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brady Basso
32.4%
Cade Smith
32.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
44.0%
Cade Smith
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brady Basso
8.0%
Cade Smith
10.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brady Basso
.309
Cade Smith
.283
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
Brady Basso
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.46
3.70
Cade Smith
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
WHIPlower is better
Brady Basso
.9002.55
now 2.77
1.24
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brady Basso
4058
now 2
5
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
26
Winshigher is better
Brady Basso
.0002.80
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brady Basso
.00028
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
916
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowBrady Basso — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
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