MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Nate Pearson
Nate Pearson
HOU · 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); Nate Pearson wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Nate Pearson
97.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.6%
Nate Pearson
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.6%
Nate Pearson
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.8%
Nate Pearson
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
48.9%
Nate Pearson
33.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.9%
Nate Pearson
8.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.291
Nate Pearson
.332
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
3.68
Nate Pearson
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Nate Pearson
1.011.31
now 1.09
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
42
Nate Pearson
4058
now 2
12
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Nate Pearson
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00036
now 20
1426
Nate Pearson
.00036
now 1
210
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNate Pearson — hold.conf 0.50
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