MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · 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, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, SV); Jacob Latz wins 1 (ERA); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.5
Jacob Latz
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Jacob Latz
15.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.7%
Jacob Latz
29.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.5%
Jacob Latz
35.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Jacob Latz
39.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.0%
Jacob Latz
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.270
Jacob Latz
.247
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
23.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.01
Jacob Latz
23.41
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.51
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.37
now 1.08
1.12
Jacob Latz
.9001.37
now 0.59
1.15

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4057.20
now 42
7
Jacob Latz
4057.20
now 26
4
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
00
Jacob Latz
.0002.80
now 1
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
25
Jacob Latz
.00027.60
now 8
12
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
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