MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
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
97.1
Kenley Jansen
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.6%
Kenley Jansen
13.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.0%
Kenley Jansen
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.5%
Kenley Jansen
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.5%
Kenley Jansen
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.9%
Kenley Jansen
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Kenley Jansen
.288
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
3.31
Kenley Jansen
25.68
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.80
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.13
Kenley Jansen
1.011.31
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4051.20
now 42
25
Kenley Jansen
4051.20
now 19
20
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Kenley Jansen
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00026.40
now 20
815
Kenley Jansen
.00026.40
now 7
48
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
Hold · wait & seeKenley Jansen — hold.conf 0.50
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