MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jonathan Hernández
Jonathan Hernández
LAD · P
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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); Jonathan Hernández wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.7
Jonathan Hernández
97.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.9%
Jonathan Hernández
7.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
36.9%
Jonathan Hernández
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.0%
Jonathan Hernández
24.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Jonathan Hernández
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.7%
Jonathan Hernández
7.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.276
Jonathan Hernández
.365
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
24.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Jonathan Hernández
24.58
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.60
now 1.08
1.23
Jonathan Hernández
.9001.60
now 0.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4061
now 42
45
Jonathan Hernández
4061
now 5
26
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Jonathan Hernández
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00040.60
now 20
1529
Jonathan Hernández
.00040.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJonathan Hernández — hold.conf 0.50
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