MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Will Dion
Will Dion
CLE · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 5 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, W, SV); Will Dion wins 0 (none).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.0
Will Dion
91.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Will Dion
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Will Dion
27.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Will Dion
34.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Will Dion
29.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.1%
Will Dion
0.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.278
Will Dion
.295
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
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Will Dion
27.36
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9002.13
now 1.08
1.23
Will Dion
.9002.13
now 1.83
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4055.60
now 42
31
Will Dion
4055.60
now 8
29
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Will Dion
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1019
Will Dion
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Buy LowWill Dion — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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