MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Erik Sabrowski
CLE · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Erik Sabrowski
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Erik Sabrowski
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Erik Sabrowski
38.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Erik Sabrowski
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Erik Sabrowski
40.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Erik Sabrowski
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Erik Sabrowski
.265
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
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Erik Sabrowski
24.48
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.71
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.36
now 1.08
1.23
Erik Sabrowski
.9001.36
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4047.60
now 42
29
Erik Sabrowski
4047.60
now 39
32
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Erik Sabrowski
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Erik Sabrowski
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeErik Sabrowski — hold.conf 0.50
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