MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Jimmy Herget
COL · 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); Jimmy Herget wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Jimmy Herget
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Jimmy Herget
13.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Jimmy Herget
22.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Jimmy Herget
30.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Jimmy Herget
39.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Jimmy Herget
11.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Jimmy Herget
.330
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
26.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jimmy Herget
26.04
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.06
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9601.50
now 1.08
1.23
Jimmy Herget
.9601.50
now 1.38
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
29
Jimmy Herget
4052
now 17
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jimmy Herget
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Jimmy Herget
.00028
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJimmy Herget — hold.conf 0.55
Tweet