MLB Daily DeltaWeek 27 · September 27, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Tyler Wells
Tyler Wells
TB · 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 — ERA and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
◀
ERA
◀
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Cade Smith wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Tyler Wells wins 0 (none); 2 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.5
Tyler Wells
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Tyler Wells
16.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
36.5%
Tyler Wells
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Tyler Wells
34.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.3%
Tyler Wells
33.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
8.8%
Tyler Wells
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.261
Tyler Wells
.266
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
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
2.83
Tyler Wells
24.95
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.28
2.94
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
1.011.31
now 1.08
1.08
Tyler Wells
1.011.31
now 1.24
1.14

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058.80
now 42
0
Tyler Wells
4058.80
now 26
0
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
0–0
Tyler Wells
.0002.80
now 0
0–0

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Smith — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighTyler Wells — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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