MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
Change to
Portrait of Yuki Matsui
Yuki Matsui
SD · 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); Yuki Matsui 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
Yuki Matsui
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
17.2%
Yuki Matsui
17.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
35.3%
Yuki Matsui
26.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.8%
Yuki Matsui
30.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Yuki Matsui
32.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
10.1%
Yuki Matsui
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.278
Yuki Matsui
.304
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
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.66
Yuki Matsui
24.94
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.60
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.39
now 1.08
1.23
Yuki Matsui
.9001.39
now 0.87
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
31
Yuki Matsui
4052.80
now 15
22
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.0002.80
now 2
12
Yuki Matsui
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
1019
Yuki Matsui
.00028
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighYuki Matsui — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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