MLB Daily DeltaWeek 31 · October 26, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jhoan Duran
Jhoan Duran
PHI · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jhoan Duran.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
▶
WHIP
▶
W
SV n/a

Jhoan Duran wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Cade Smith wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.5
Jhoan Duran
100.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Jhoan Duran
18.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
36.3%
Jhoan Duran
35.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Jhoan Duran
34.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
42.8%
Jhoan Duran
39.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
8.7%
Jhoan Duran
3.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.261
Jhoan Duran
.222
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
23.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
2.83
Jhoan Duran
23.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.53
2.06
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.15
now 1.08
1.08
Jhoan Duran
.9001.15
now 0.96
0.99

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.80
now 42
0
Jhoan Duran
4058.80
now 26
0
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Jhoan Duran
.0002.80
now 1
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.92
BuyJhoan Duran — buy.conf 0.92
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