MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jordan Leasure
Jordan Leasure
CWS · 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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Jordan Leasure wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Jordan Leasure
95.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Jordan Leasure
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Jordan Leasure
23.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Jordan Leasure
34.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Jordan Leasure
44.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Jordan Leasure
25.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Jordan Leasure
.406
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
27.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jordan Leasure
27.74
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.27
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Jordan Leasure
1.011.31
now 1.23
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.60
now 42
29
Jordan Leasure
4051.60
now 18
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Jordan Leasure
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Jordan Leasure
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJordan Leasure — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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