MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Mason Black
Mason Black
KC · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Mason Black
94.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.8%
Mason Black
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
38.0%
Mason Black
21.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.4%
Mason Black
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.4%
Mason Black
51.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
8.1%
Mason Black
15.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.239
Mason Black
.403
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
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.60
Mason Black
24.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.08
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.67
now 1.08
1.22
Mason Black
.9101.67
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4066.40
now 42
50
Mason Black
4066.40
now 9
28
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
23
Mason Black
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00044.80
now 20
1732
Mason Black
.00044.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeMason Black — hold.conf 0.50
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