MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Graham Ashcraft
Graham Ashcraft
CIN · 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 — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Graham Ashcraft wins 0 (none); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Graham Ashcraft
98.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Graham Ashcraft
14.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Graham Ashcraft
29.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Graham Ashcraft
33.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Graham Ashcraft
36.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Graham Ashcraft
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Graham Ashcraft
.286
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
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Graham Ashcraft
2.174.11
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.33
now 1.08
1.23
Graham Ashcraft
1.011.33
now 1.22
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
29
Graham Ashcraft
4052
now 32
17
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Graham Ashcraft
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Graham Ashcraft
.00028
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeGraham Ashcraft — hold.conf 0.50
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