MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Reiver Sanmartin
SF · 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); Reiver Sanmartin wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.5
Reiver Sanmartin
92.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Reiver Sanmartin
10.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.7%
Reiver Sanmartin
18.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.5%
Reiver Sanmartin
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.8%
Reiver Sanmartin
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.0%
Reiver Sanmartin
10.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.270
Reiver Sanmartin
.305
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
3.01
Reiver Sanmartin
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.34
now 1.08
1.12
Reiver Sanmartin
.9001.34
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
7
Reiver Sanmartin
4058
now 2
6
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.60
now 2
00
Reiver Sanmartin
.0005.60
now 1
24
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
25
Reiver Sanmartin
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.92
Hold · wait & seeReiver Sanmartin — hold.conf 0.50
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