MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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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); Sam Hentges wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
96.8
Sam Hentges
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
18.0%
Sam Hentges
11.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
36.4%
Sam Hentges
22.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.7%
Sam Hentges
28.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.9%
Sam Hentges
28.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Sam Hentges
5.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Sam Hentges
.321
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
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Sam Hentges
24.71
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.77
now 1.08
1.23
Sam Hentges
.9001.77
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4059.40
now 42
45
Sam Hentges
4059.40
now 9
29
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0004.20
now 2
13
Sam Hentges
.0004.20
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00039.20
now 20
1528
Sam Hentges
.00039.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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