MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Tristan Beck
SF · 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); Tristan Beck wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.2
Tristan Beck
94.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Tristan Beck
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Tristan Beck
9.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
31.7%
Tristan Beck
26.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
45.1%
Tristan Beck
40.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.7%
Tristan Beck
9.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.282
Tristan Beck
.330
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
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.28
Tristan Beck
25.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.67
now 1.08
1.16
Tristan Beck
.9101.67
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.40
now 42
24
Tristan Beck
4058.40
now 1
6
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tristan Beck
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
815
Tristan Beck
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.85
Hold · wait & seeTristan Beck — hold.conf 0.50
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