MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Tejay Antone
Tejay Antone
CIN · 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); Tejay Antone wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Tejay Antone
95.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.7%
Tejay Antone
12.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Tejay Antone
21.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
32.1%
Tejay Antone
35.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.3%
Tejay Antone
33.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.3%
Tejay Antone
7.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.283
Tejay Antone
.282
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
26.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.31
Tejay Antone
26.23
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.19
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.09
Tejay Antone
1.011.31
now 1.15
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4056
now 42
26
Tejay Antone
4056
now 7
14
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tejay Antone
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
816
Tejay Antone
.00027.60
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.84
Sell HighTejay Antone — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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