MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Cody Laweryson
MIN · 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); Cody Laweryson wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Cody Laweryson
92.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
18.1%
Cody Laweryson
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
37.8%
Cody Laweryson
25.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.6%
Cody Laweryson
26.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.2%
Cody Laweryson
48.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
7.9%
Cody Laweryson
8.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.240
Cody Laweryson
.323
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.60
Cody Laweryson
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.68
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.46
now 1.08
1.22
Cody Laweryson
.9001.46
now 0.68
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4062.20
now 42
47
Cody Laweryson
4062.20
now 9
32
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
23
Cody Laweryson
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00041.60
now 20
1630
Cody Laweryson
.00041.60
now 1
17
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCody Laweryson — hold.conf 0.50
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