MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Gabe Speier
Gabe Speier
SEA · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Gabe Speier wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Gabe Speier
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Gabe Speier
11.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Gabe Speier
19.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Gabe Speier
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Gabe Speier
36.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.1%
Gabe Speier
11.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.278
Gabe Speier
.308
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
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Gabe Speier
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
Gabe Speier
.9901.39
now 1.30
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
31
Gabe Speier
4052.40
now 16
24
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Gabe Speier
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1019
Gabe Speier
.00028
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighGabe Speier — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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