MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Tyler Zuber
MIA · 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); Tyler Zuber wins 0 (none).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Tyler Zuber
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Tyler Zuber
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Tyler Zuber
24.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Tyler Zuber
32.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Tyler Zuber
48.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Tyler Zuber
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Tyler Zuber
.298
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Tyler Zuber
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9101.67
now 1.08
1.23
Tyler Zuber
.9101.67
now 1.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4058
now 42
29
Tyler Zuber
4058
now 2
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tyler Zuber
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00027.60
now 20
917
Tyler Zuber
.00027.60
now 1
416
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowTyler Zuber — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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