MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Nick Davila
SEA · 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); Nick Davila wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.9
Nick Davila
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Nick Davila
8.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Nick Davila
12.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Nick Davila
31.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Nick Davila
24.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.7%
Nick Davila
2.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.280
Nick Davila
.306
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
3.67
Nick Davila
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Nick Davila
1.011.31
now 1.20
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4056.80
now 42
38
Nick Davila
4056.80
now 5
14
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Nick Davila
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00031.80
now 20
1223
Nick Davila
.00031.80
now 1
14
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighNick Davila — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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