MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Travis Adams
MIN · 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); Travis Adams wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Travis Adams
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Travis Adams
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.5%
Travis Adams
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.3%
Travis Adams
32.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Travis Adams
30.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.5%
Travis Adams
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.280
Travis Adams
.319
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
3.67
Travis Adams
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.18
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.74
now 1.08
1.23
Travis Adams
.9001.74
now 1.55
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.60
now 42
28
Travis Adams
4053.60
now 13
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Travis Adams
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
917
Travis Adams
.00027.60
now 1
13
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTravis Adams — hold.conf 0.50
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