MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Dylan Dodd
Dylan Dodd
ATL · 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); Dylan Dodd wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.2
Dylan Dodd
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Dylan Dodd
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Dylan Dodd
28.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.7%
Dylan Dodd
32.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Dylan Dodd
38.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.7%
Dylan Dodd
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Dylan Dodd
.253
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
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.28
Dylan Dodd
24.50
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.69
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.44
now 1.08
1.16
Dylan Dodd
.9001.44
now 0.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054
now 42
24
Dylan Dodd
4054
now 12
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Dylan Dodd
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
814
Dylan Dodd
.00027.60
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.85
Sell HighDylan Dodd — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.79
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