MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Paxton Schultz
Paxton Schultz
WSH · 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); Paxton Schultz wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Paxton Schultz
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Paxton Schultz
8.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Paxton Schultz
21.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Paxton Schultz
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Paxton Schultz
37.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Paxton Schultz
9.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Paxton Schultz
.335
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
25.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Paxton Schultz
25.83
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.91
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9701.47
now 1.08
1.23
Paxton Schultz
.9701.47
now 1.36
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4050
now 42
29
Paxton Schultz
4050
now 24
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Paxton Schultz
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Paxton Schultz
.00028
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seePaxton Schultz — hold.conf 0.55
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