MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Julian Garcia
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 — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Julian Garcia
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.7%
Julian Garcia
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Julian Garcia
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.1%
Julian Garcia
29.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.3%
Julian Garcia
26.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Julian Garcia
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Julian Garcia
.259
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
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
Julian Garcia
26.52
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.09
Julian Garcia
1.011.31
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4057.60
now 42
27
Julian Garcia
4057.60
now 3
31
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Julian Garcia
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
916
Julian Garcia
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
Hold · wait & seeJulian Garcia — hold.conf 0.50
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