MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · July 1, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Cole Wilcox
SEA · 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); Cole Wilcox wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Cole Wilcox
96.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.6%
Cole Wilcox
14.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.6%
Cole Wilcox
21.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.8%
Cole Wilcox
32.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
48.9%
Cole Wilcox
46.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.9%
Cole Wilcox
12.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.291
Cole Wilcox
.408
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
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Cole Wilcox
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.23
Cole Wilcox
.9002.55
now 2.18
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4055.60
now 42
44
Cole Wilcox
4055.60
now 15
30
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Cole Wilcox
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00037.80
now 20
1527
Cole Wilcox
.00037.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCole Wilcox — hold.conf 0.50
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