MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Mason Barnett
ATH · 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, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, WHIP, W, SV); Mason Barnett 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
Mason Barnett
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.4%
Mason Barnett
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.0%
Mason Barnett
30.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.9%
Mason Barnett
28.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
47.3%
Mason Barnett
37.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.5%
Mason Barnett
10.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.293
Mason Barnett
.307
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.69
Mason Barnett
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.67
now 1.08
1.23
Mason Barnett
.9101.67
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
42
Mason Barnett
4058.40
now 1
11
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Mason Barnett
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00036.40
now 20
1426
Mason Barnett
.00036.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighMason Barnett — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
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