MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 10, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Kendry Rojas
Kendry Rojas
MIN · P
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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); Kendry Rojas wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Kendry Rojas
96.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.0%
Kendry Rojas
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Kendry Rojas
25.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.0%
Kendry Rojas
24.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.4%
Kendry Rojas
35.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.1%
Kendry Rojas
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.286
Kendry Rojas
.300
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
24.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.68
Kendry Rojas
24.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.26
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9201.63
now 1.08
1.23
Kendry Rojas
.9201.63
now 1.47
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
39
Kendry Rojas
4053.20
now 14
34
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
13
Kendry Rojas
.0005.20
now 1
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00033.60
now 20
1324
Kendry Rojas
.00033.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKendry Rojas — hold.conf 0.50
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