MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Victor Vodnik
COL · 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); Victor Vodnik 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
Victor Vodnik
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Victor Vodnik
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Victor Vodnik
15.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Victor Vodnik
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Victor Vodnik
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Victor Vodnik
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Victor Vodnik
.325
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Victor Vodnik
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.52
now 1.08
1.23
Victor Vodnik
.9002.52
now 2.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.40
now 42
29
Victor Vodnik
4052.40
now 16
18
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Victor Vodnik
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00026.80
now 20
917
Victor Vodnik
.00026.80
now 4
35
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeVictor Vodnik — hold.conf 0.55
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