MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Kirby Yates
Kirby Yates
LAA · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Kirby Yates wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.7
Kirby Yates
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.9%
Kirby Yates
17.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
36.9%
Kirby Yates
34.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.0%
Kirby Yates
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Kirby Yates
54.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.7%
Kirby Yates
10.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.276
Kirby Yates
.290
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
25.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Kirby Yates
25.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Kirby Yates
1.011.31
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4059
now 42
45
Kirby Yates
4059
now 10
27
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Kirby Yates
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00040.20
now 20
1529
Kirby Yates
.00040.20
now 1
15
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeKirby Yates — hold.conf 0.50
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