MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Mike Paredes
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 — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Mike Paredes wins 1 (K).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.2
Mike Paredes
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Mike Paredes
9.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Mike Paredes
12.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.7%
Mike Paredes
28.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Mike Paredes
50.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.7%
Mike Paredes
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Mike Paredes
.349
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
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.28
Mike Paredes
24.20
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.45
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9701.47
now 1.08
1.16
Mike Paredes
.9701.47
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4057.60
now 42
24
Mike Paredes
4057.60
now 3
25
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Mike Paredes
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
815
Mike Paredes
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.85
Sell HighMike Paredes — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
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