MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Shaun Anderson
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, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Shaun Anderson wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Shaun Anderson
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.6%
Shaun Anderson
10.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.0%
Shaun Anderson
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.5%
Shaun Anderson
26.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.5%
Shaun Anderson
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.9%
Shaun Anderson
7.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Shaun Anderson
.369
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
27.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
Shaun Anderson
27.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.94
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.67
now 1.08
1.13
Shaun Anderson
.9101.67
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4054
now 42
25
Shaun Anderson
4054
now 12
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Shaun Anderson
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
815
Shaun Anderson
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
Hold · wait & seeShaun Anderson — hold.conf 0.50
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