MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Joe Mantiply
TOR · 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); Joe Mantiply wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Joe Mantiply
88.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Joe Mantiply
8.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Joe Mantiply
22.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Joe Mantiply
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Joe Mantiply
44.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Joe Mantiply
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Joe Mantiply
.332
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
24.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Joe Mantiply
24.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.04
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Joe Mantiply
1.011.31
now 1.13
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
29
Joe Mantiply
4052.80
now 16
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Joe Mantiply
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Joe Mantiply
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJoe Mantiply — hold.conf 0.50
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