MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 21, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Drey Jameson
AZ · 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); Drey Jameson wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Drey Jameson
96.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Drey Jameson
13.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Drey Jameson
17.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Drey Jameson
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Drey Jameson
28.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Drey Jameson
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Drey Jameson
.322
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Drey Jameson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 18.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.23
Drey Jameson
.9002.55
now 4.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
33
Drey Jameson
4058.40
now 1
19
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Drey Jameson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Drey Jameson
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeDrey Jameson — hold.conf 0.50
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