MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Nick Mears
Nick Mears
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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Nick Mears
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Nick Mears
8.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Nick Mears
18.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Nick Mears
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Nick Mears
50.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Nick Mears
12.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Nick Mears
.382
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
26.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Nick Mears
26.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.12
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.67
now 1.08
1.23
Nick Mears
.9101.67
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
29
Nick Mears
4052.80
now 15
16
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Nick Mears
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Nick Mears
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeNick Mears — hold.conf 0.50
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