MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Gabriel Hughes
COL · 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); Gabriel Hughes wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Gabriel Hughes
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Gabriel Hughes
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Gabriel Hughes
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Gabriel Hughes
30.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Gabriel Hughes
28.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.1%
Gabriel Hughes
1.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.278
Gabriel Hughes
.233
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Gabriel Hughes
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.23
Gabriel Hughes
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
31
Gabriel Hughes
4058.40
now 1
9
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Gabriel Hughes
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
1019
Gabriel Hughes
.00027.60
now 1
417
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGabriel Hughes — hold.conf 0.50
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