MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Edwin Díaz
LAD · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Edwin Díaz wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.5
Edwin Díaz
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Edwin Díaz
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.7%
Edwin Díaz
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.5%
Edwin Díaz
31.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Edwin Díaz
53.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.0%
Edwin Díaz
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.270
Edwin Díaz
.378
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
3.01
Edwin Díaz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.12
Edwin Díaz
.9002.55
now 2.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4056
now 42
7
Edwin Díaz
4056
now 10
9
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
00
Edwin Díaz
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.20
now 20
25
Edwin Díaz
.00027.20
now 4
23
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeEdwin Díaz — hold.conf 0.55
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