MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Ty Madden
DET · 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 — ERA, WHIP, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Ty Madden wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Ty Madden
93.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Ty Madden
13.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Ty Madden
28.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Ty Madden
30.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Ty Madden
37.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.1%
Ty Madden
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.278
Ty Madden
.272
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
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Ty Madden
2.164.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.07
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.36
now 1.08
1.23
Ty Madden
.9001.36
now 0.95
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
31
Ty Madden
4052.40
now 16
31
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Ty Madden
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1019
Ty Madden
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTy Madden — hold.conf 0.50
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