MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Chase Dollander
COL · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Chase Dollander wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Chase Dollander
98.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Chase Dollander
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chase Dollander
24.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Chase Dollander
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Chase Dollander
52.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Chase Dollander
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Chase Dollander
.307
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
Cade Smith
2.084.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Chase Dollander
2.084.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.89
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
Chase Dollander
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054.20
now 42
29
Chase Dollander
4054.20
now 47
38
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Chase Dollander
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Chase Dollander
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeChase Dollander — hold.conf 0.50
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