MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Drew Sommers
Drew Sommers
DET · P
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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); Drew Sommers wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Drew Sommers
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.7%
Drew Sommers
16.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Drew Sommers
32.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.1%
Drew Sommers
39.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.3%
Drew Sommers
14.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Drew Sommers
2.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Drew Sommers
.251
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
Drew Sommers
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.09
Drew Sommers
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
26
Drew Sommers
4058.40
now 1
10
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Drew Sommers
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
916
Drew Sommers
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
Buy LowDrew Sommers — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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