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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Jordan Hicks
99.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Jordan Hicks
10.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Jordan Hicks
25.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Jordan Hicks
27.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Jordan Hicks
29.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Jordan Hicks
1.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Jordan Hicks
.276
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
26.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jordan Hicks
26.80
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.49
now 1.08
1.23
Jordan Hicks
.9002.49
now 2.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.60
now 42
29
Jordan Hicks
4053.60
now 15
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jordan Hicks
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Jordan Hicks
.00028
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJordan Hicks — hold.conf 0.50
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