MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of José Fermin
José Fermin
LAA · 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); José Fermin wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
José Fermin
96.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.7%
José Fermin
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
José Fermin
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.1%
José Fermin
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.3%
José Fermin
43.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
José Fermin
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
José Fermin
.324
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
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
José Fermin
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.91
now 1.08
1.09
José Fermin
.9001.91
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052
now 42
26
José Fermin
4052
now 18
17
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
José Fermin
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
816
José Fermin
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
Sell HighJosé Fermin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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