MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Randy Dobnak
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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Randy Dobnak wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Randy Dobnak
92.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Randy Dobnak
8.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Randy Dobnak
12.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Randy Dobnak
33.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Randy Dobnak
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Randy Dobnak
4.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Randy Dobnak
.343
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
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Randy Dobnak
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.02
now 1.08
1.23
Randy Dobnak
.9002.02
now 1.75
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
29
Randy Dobnak
4058
now 2
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Randy Dobnak
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1018
Randy Dobnak
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighRandy Dobnak — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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