MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Trent Thornton
Trent Thornton
CHC · 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); Trent Thornton wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Trent Thornton
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Trent Thornton
10.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Trent Thornton
12.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Trent Thornton
30.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Trent Thornton
46.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Trent Thornton
8.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Trent Thornton
.345
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
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Trent Thornton
24.39
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.98
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.38
now 1.08
1.23
Trent Thornton
.9001.38
now 0.88
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4056.40
now 42
29
Trent Thornton
4056.40
now 6
12
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0005.20
now 2
12
Trent Thornton
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Trent Thornton
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighTrent Thornton — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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