MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Burch Smith
DET · 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); Burch Smith wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Burch Smith
93.8
Cade Smith
97.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
10.4%
Cade Smith
17.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Burch Smith
27.4%
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Burch Smith
26.2%
Cade Smith
33.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
47.8%
Cade Smith
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Burch Smith
4.3%
Cade Smith
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Burch Smith
.287
Cade Smith
.279
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
Burch Smith
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
3.70
Cade Smith
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
WHIPlower is better
Burch Smith
.9201.63
now 1.47
1.24
Cade Smith
.9201.63
now 1.08
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Burch Smith
4051.60
now 20
18
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
29
Winshigher is better
Burch Smith
.0002.80
now 0
00
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Burch Smith
.00028
now 0
0
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeBurch Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
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