MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · 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); Javier Assad wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Javier Assad
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Javier Assad
5.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Javier Assad
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Javier Assad
22.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Javier Assad
48.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Javier Assad
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Javier Assad
.334
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
27.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Javier Assad
27.19
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.38
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9901.39
now 1.08
1.23
Javier Assad
.9901.39
now 1.27
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
32
Javier Assad
4053.20
now 14
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0008
now 2
12
Javier Assad
.0008
now 3
26
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1120
Javier Assad
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.93
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