MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Isaac Mattson
PIT · 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, ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Isaac Mattson wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Isaac Mattson
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Isaac Mattson
10.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Isaac Mattson
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Isaac Mattson
26.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Isaac Mattson
48.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Isaac Mattson
11.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Isaac Mattson
.373
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
24.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Isaac Mattson
24.73
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9201.63
now 1.08
1.23
Isaac Mattson
.9201.63
now 1.47
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.60
now 42
29
Isaac Mattson
4053.60
now 15
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Isaac Mattson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Isaac Mattson
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeIsaac Mattson — hold.conf 0.50
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