MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Chris Martin
Chris Martin
TEX · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Chris Martin wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Chris Martin
94.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Chris Martin
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Chris Martin
13.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Chris Martin
31.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Chris Martin
44.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.7%
Chris Martin
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.280
Chris Martin
.421
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Chris Martin
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.84
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.28
now 1.08
1.23
Chris Martin
.9002.28
now 1.94
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4056
now 42
38
Chris Martin
4056
now 7
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Chris Martin
.2003.80
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00032.20
now 20
1223
Chris Martin
.00032.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeChris Martin — hold.conf 0.50
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