MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Wilber Dotel
Wilber Dotel
PIT · 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 — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Wilber Dotel wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Wilber Dotel
98.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.1%
Wilber Dotel
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.7%
Wilber Dotel
26.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.7%
Wilber Dotel
29.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
44.6%
Wilber Dotel
51.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.6%
Wilber Dotel
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.279
Wilber Dotel
.303
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Wilber Dotel
24.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.32
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.44
now 1.08
1.23
Wilber Dotel
.9001.44
now 0.73
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4053.20
now 42
29
Wilber Dotel
4053.20
now 14
23
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.2003.80
now 2
12
Wilber Dotel
.2003.80
now 1
13
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Wilber Dotel
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeWilber Dotel — hold.conf 0.50
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