MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Kody Funderburk
MIN · 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); Kody Funderburk wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.2
Kody Funderburk
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Kody Funderburk
8.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Kody Funderburk
17.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.7%
Kody Funderburk
24.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Kody Funderburk
27.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.7%
Kody Funderburk
6.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Kody Funderburk
.308
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.28
Kody Funderburk
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.44
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9201.63
now 1.08
1.16
Kody Funderburk
.9201.63
now 1.47
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4055.60
now 42
23
Kody Funderburk
4055.60
now 10
8
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
11
Kody Funderburk
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
714
Kody Funderburk
.00028
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.85
Sell HighKody Funderburk — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.90
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