MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Jacob Waguespack
DET · 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); Jacob Waguespack wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Jacob Waguespack
92.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Jacob Waguespack
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Jacob Waguespack
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Jacob Waguespack
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Jacob Waguespack
32.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Jacob Waguespack
3.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Jacob Waguespack
.251
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jacob Waguespack
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.37
now 1.08
1.23
Jacob Waguespack
.9002.37
now 2.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
29
Jacob Waguespack
4058.40
now 1
14
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jacob Waguespack
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Jacob Waguespack
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJacob Waguespack — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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