MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Josh Hader
HOU · 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, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Josh Hader wins 0 (none); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.5
Josh Hader
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Josh Hader
19.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.7%
Josh Hader
35.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.5%
Josh Hader
41.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Josh Hader
32.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.0%
Josh Hader
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.270
Josh Hader
.206
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.01
Josh Hader
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.12
Josh Hader
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
7
Josh Hader
4058.40
now 1
4
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
00
Josh Hader
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
25
Josh Hader
.00027.60
now 1
27
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighJosh Hader — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.90
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