MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Brandon Eisert
Brandon Eisert
PIT · 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); Brandon Eisert wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
90.0
Cade Smith
97.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
13.7%
Cade Smith
16.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
26.7%
Cade Smith
34.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Eisert
29.9%
Cade Smith
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
38.8%
Cade Smith
44.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
7.1%
Cade Smith
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Eisert
.291
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
Brandon Eisert
2.104.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.86
3.70
Cade Smith
2.104.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Eisert
.9601.49
now 1.37
1.24
Cade Smith
.9601.49
now 1.08
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
4054.40
now 11
12
Cade Smith
4054.40
now 42
25
Winshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
.5202.48
now 1
12
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Brandon Eisert
.00028
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
815
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowBrandon Eisert — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
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