MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Garrett Whitlock
BOS · 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); Garrett Whitlock wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Garrett Whitlock
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Garrett Whitlock
16.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Garrett Whitlock
27.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Garrett Whitlock
41.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Garrett Whitlock
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Garrett Whitlock
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Garrett Whitlock
.263
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
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Garrett Whitlock
2.164.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.05
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Garrett Whitlock
1.011.31
now 1.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050.40
now 42
29
Garrett Whitlock
4050.40
now 26
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Garrett Whitlock
.0005.20
now 3
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Garrett Whitlock
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighGarrett Whitlock — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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