MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Brandyn Garcia
Brandyn Garcia
AZ · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
97.2
Cade Smith
96.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
11.3%
Cade Smith
17.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
29.2%
Cade Smith
35.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandyn Garcia
25.5%
Cade Smith
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
34.9%
Cade Smith
48.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
2.3%
Cade Smith
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandyn Garcia
.219
Cade Smith
.291
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
Brandyn Garcia
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.75
3.70
Cade Smith
24.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brandyn Garcia
.9001.40
now 0.83
1.24
Cade Smith
.9001.40
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
4054.40
now 11
20
Cade Smith
4054.40
now 42
42
Winshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
.0004.20
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Brandyn Garcia
.00036.40
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00036.40
now 20
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If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBrandyn Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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