MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Carlos Carrasco
Carlos Carrasco
ATL · 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, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Carlos Carrasco wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Carlos Carrasco
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.4%
Carlos Carrasco
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.0%
Carlos Carrasco
9.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.9%
Carlos Carrasco
43.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
47.3%
Carlos Carrasco
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.5%
Carlos Carrasco
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.293
Carlos Carrasco
.382
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
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.69
Carlos Carrasco
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.41
now 1.08
1.23
Carlos Carrasco
.9001.41
now 0.82
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4057.20
now 42
41
Carlos Carrasco
4057.20
now 4
32
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Carlos Carrasco
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00035
now 20
1425
Carlos Carrasco
.00035
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCarlos Carrasco — hold.conf 0.50
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