MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Franco Aleman
CLE · 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); Franco Aleman wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.2
Franco Aleman
96.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Franco Aleman
11.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Franco Aleman
29.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.7%
Franco Aleman
25.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Franco Aleman
40.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.7%
Franco Aleman
4.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Franco Aleman
.255
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
24.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.28
Franco Aleman
24.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.25
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.16
Franco Aleman
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
23
Franco Aleman
4058
now 2
6
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
11
Franco Aleman
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
714
Franco Aleman
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.85
Buy LowFranco Aleman — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.79
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