MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Ryan Johnson
LAA · 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); Ryan Johnson wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Ryan Johnson
92.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.6%
Ryan Johnson
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.0%
Ryan Johnson
17.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.5%
Ryan Johnson
29.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.5%
Ryan Johnson
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.9%
Ryan Johnson
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Ryan Johnson
.351
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
4.75
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.13
Ryan Johnson
.9002.55
now 2.33
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4056
now 42
25
Ryan Johnson
4056
now 7
11
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ryan Johnson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
815
Ryan Johnson
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
SellRyan Johnson — sell.conf 0.90
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