MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Kenley Jansen
DET · 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); Kenley Jansen wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Kenley Jansen
93.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
18.1%
Kenley Jansen
13.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
37.8%
Kenley Jansen
30.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.6%
Kenley Jansen
23.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.2%
Kenley Jansen
29.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
7.9%
Kenley Jansen
9.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.240
Kenley Jansen
.306
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
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.60
Kenley Jansen
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.22
Kenley Jansen
1.011.31
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4059.60
now 42
48
Kenley Jansen
4059.60
now 19
38
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
23
Kenley Jansen
.2003.80
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00040.60
now 20
1731
Kenley Jansen
.00040.60
now 7
916
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKenley Jansen — hold.conf 0.50
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