MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 25, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Jayden Murray
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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Jayden Murray
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
18.5%
Jayden Murray
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
37.8%
Jayden Murray
14.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.1%
Jayden Murray
25.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
42.3%
Jayden Murray
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
7.5%
Jayden Murray
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.238
Jayden Murray
.342
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.60
Jayden Murray
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.43
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.30
now 1.08
1.23
Jayden Murray
.9002.30
now 1.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4061.20
now 42
46
Jayden Murray
4061.20
now 8
21
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Jayden Murray
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00042
now 20
1630
Jayden Murray
.00042
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCade Smith — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.75
Hold · wait & seeJayden Murray — hold.conf 0.55
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