MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Tommy Nance
MIN · 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); Tommy Nance wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Tommy Nance
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Tommy Nance
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Tommy Nance
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Tommy Nance
35.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Tommy Nance
35.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.1%
Tommy Nance
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.278
Tommy Nance
.322
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
2.164.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Tommy Nance
2.164.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.68
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.23
Tommy Nance
1.011.31
now 1.18
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4049.60
now 42
31
Tommy Nance
4049.60
now 26
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tommy Nance
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1019
Tommy Nance
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTommy Nance — hold.conf 0.50
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