MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Jose Franco
CIN · 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); Jose Franco wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Jose Franco
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Jose Franco
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Jose Franco
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Jose Franco
24.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Jose Franco
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Jose Franco
11.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Jose Franco
.354
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
25.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jose Franco
25.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.43
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.98
now 1.08
1.23
Jose Franco
.9001.98
now 1.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
29
Jose Franco
4052.80
now 15
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jose Franco
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Jose Franco
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJose Franco — hold.conf 0.50
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