MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 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).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Ryan Johnson
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
18.1%
Ryan Johnson
12.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
37.8%
Ryan Johnson
9.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.6%
Ryan Johnson
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.2%
Ryan Johnson
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
7.9%
Ryan Johnson
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.240
Ryan Johnson
.380
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.60
Ryan Johnson
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 12.83
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.55
now 1.08
1.22
Ryan Johnson
.9002.55
now 2.33
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4067.20
now 42
50
Ryan Johnson
4067.20
now 7
33
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
23
Ryan Johnson
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00044.80
now 20
1732
Ryan Johnson
.00044.80
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeRyan Johnson — hold.conf 0.55
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