MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Cam Booser
TB · 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); Cam Booser wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Cam Booser
95.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Cam Booser
15.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Cam Booser
34.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Cam Booser
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Cam Booser
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Cam Booser
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Cam Booser
.224
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
Cade Smith
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Cam Booser
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.54
now 1.08
1.23
Cam Booser
.9001.54
now 0.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
32
Cam Booser
4058.40
now 1
9
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Cam Booser
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Cam Booser
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighCam Booser — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.84
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