MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · 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); Daniel Palencia wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.7%
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.1%
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.3%
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Daniel Palencia
.300
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
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
Daniel Palencia
24.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9301.61
now 1.08
1.09
Daniel Palencia
.9301.61
now 1.46
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054
now 42
26
Daniel Palencia
4054
now 12
14
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Daniel Palencia
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.20
now 20
816
Daniel Palencia
.00027.20
now 3
25
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
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