MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Jordan Romano
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); Jordan Romano 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 Romano
94.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Jordan Romano
12.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Jordan Romano
29.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Jordan Romano
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Jordan Romano
40.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Jordan Romano
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Jordan Romano
.318
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jordan Romano
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.37
now 1.08
1.23
Jordan Romano
.9002.37
now 2.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
29
Jordan Romano
4053.20
now 14
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Jordan Romano
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00026.40
now 20
1018
Jordan Romano
.00026.40
now 4
48
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowJordan Romano — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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