MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
PJ Poulin
WSH · 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); PJ Poulin wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
PJ Poulin
90.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
PJ Poulin
6.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
PJ Poulin
16.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
PJ Poulin
23.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
PJ Poulin
44.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
PJ Poulin
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
PJ Poulin
.353
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
2.134.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
PJ Poulin
2.134.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.78
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9301.61
now 1.08
1.23
PJ Poulin
.9301.61
now 1.46
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
29
PJ Poulin
4052.80
now 18
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
PJ Poulin
.2003.80
now 3
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
917
PJ Poulin
.00027.60
now 2
12
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPJ Poulin — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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