Cade Smith| Year | W | L | Sv | Hold | IP | H | BB | SO | ER | ERA | WHIP | Rate |
| 2025 proj | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 75.0 | 51 | 17 | 103 | 16 | 1.92 | 0.907 | 48.8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 48.0 | 38 | 17 | 68 | 16 | 3.00 | 1.146 | 40.7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 75.3 | 51 | 17 | 103 | 16 | 1.91 | 0.903 | 58.8 |
| Date | News |
| 7/29/25 | Fantasy baseball reliever stock watch: Guardians look to Cade Smith. Eric Karabell is a senior writer for fantasy baseball, football and basketball at ESPN. Eric is a charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame and author of "The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments". Fantasy managers long have wondered how Cleveland Guardians RHP Cade Smith, blessed with excellent numbers since debuting last season, would perform as the team's closer. With incumbent closer Emmanuel Clase, one of the top relief pitchers in baseball the past four seasons, placed on indefinite leave Monday as part of an MLB sports-betting investigation, Smith should get that chance. Source: https://www.espn.com/fantasy/baseball/story/_/id/4... |
| 7/25/25 | Dodgers Named Best Fit for Guardians' Cade Smith by MLB Insider Jeff Passan. The Los Angeles Dodgers are named the best fit for Cleveland Guardians reliever Cade Smith by ESPN's Jeff Passan. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/dodgers-named-bes... |
| 7/23/25 | Dodgers rumors: Jeff Passan names best trade deadline fit. The Los Angeles Dodgers have been a mixed bag as of late but still sit with an impressive record of 59-43 more than midway through the 2025 MLB season. A large culprit for why the Dodgers have performed perhaps slightly below their historic expectations this year has been injuries, both to their pitching staff and members of their rotation. With this being the case, some were wondering what the Dodgers' approach would be at the upcoming MLB trade deadline. Recently, MLB insider Jeff Passan of ESPN named Cleveland Guardians pitcher Cade Smith as the best fit for the Dodgers as a trade acquisition. Source: https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/dodgers-rumors-jeff-p... |
| 7/23/25 | New ESPN report links Yankees to breakout Guardians reliever. Cade Smith has been dominant since 2024 and could be a deadline fit for New York. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/espn-report-links... |
| 7/19/25 | Cleveland Guardians Reportedly Listening to Trade Offers on Top Relievers. According to a report from Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Cleveland Guardians are willing to listen to trade offers on top relievers Cade Smith and Emmanuel Clase. Guardians are listening on relievers, including stars Smith and Clasé. Source: https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/cle... |
| 6/25/25 | Guardians' patchwork bullpen, missing some big arms, does the job in extra-inning win over Jays. The Guardians' bullpen was short on arms Wednesday night. Cade Smith was unavailable after developing back spasms during a pre-game workout. Manager Stephen Vogt wanted to stay away from Hunter Gaddis if at all possible after he threw 21 pitches in two-thirds of an inning Tuesday. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/06/guardi... |
| 6/14/25 | Guardians pitcher narrowly escapes serious injury after 106.6 mph line drive comes right toward his head. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cade Smith was mere inches away from one of the scariest moments that could occur on a baseball diamond. The Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher was on the bump in the bottom of the fifth of a 2-2 game in Seattle against the Mariners when Rowdy Tellez came up to bat. Smith's 88 mph breaking ball caught the lower half of the strike zone, and Tellez, one of the game's harder hitters, barreled one up. Source: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/guardians-pitcher-n... |
| 5/24/25 | Guardians rally for four runs in the 10th to beat Tigers, 7-5, for the third straight night. The Guardians trailed the Tigers for seven innings Saturday night, but they had them right where they wanted them. First, they tied the score on Jose Ramirez's headfirst slide in the eighth inning. Then Cade Smith and Tim Herrin (4-1) struck out five of the seven batters they faced in the eighth and ninth innings to send the game into extra innings — and extra innings is where the Guardians live. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/05/guardi... |
| 5/24/25 | Cleveland Guardians Dominant Reliever Is Only Getting Better. The Cleveland Guardians' reliever group continues to be one of the best in baseball. The Guardians' bullpen has already thrown 182.1 innings, the eighth-most in the American League. With Cade Smith and Tim Herrin unavailable on Friday, Hunter Gaddis was asked to pitch 2.0 innings. Not only did he throw a season-high in pitches, but Gaddis threw 2.0 flawless innings en route to Cleveland's second straight win over the Detroit Tigers. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/cleveland-gu... |
| 5/23/25 | Cade Smith's resilience shines in escaping bases-loaded, no-out jam vs. Tigers. When Cade Smith jogged in from the bullpen to face a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the eighth inning Thursday night, the game was hanging by a thread. Cleveland clung to a 3-0 lead over the Detroit Tigers, and one swing could have changed everything. “Cade Smith had to come into a situation with the bases loaded, Cleveland leading 3-0 and he got out of a jam by just absolutely blowing away some of the best hitters in the Detroit lineup,” Joe Noga explained on the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast. What made Smith's performance particularly remarkable was the context. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/05/cade-s... |
| 5/09/25 | Cleveland Guardians Pitching Prospect Has Closer Potential. The Cleveland Guardians' closer role has been a hot topic to start the 2025 season. Who is Cleveland's best option to close games? Is it Cade Smith or Emmanuel Clase? Minor League analysts Sam Dykstra, Jim Callis, and Jonathan Mayo recently identified one prospect from each organization who has the potential to be a the team's closer in the future. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/cleveland-gu... |
| 5/07/25 | Cleveland Guardians Skipper Gets Honest About Two Relievers. The Cleveland Guardians split Tuesday's doubleheader with the Washington Nationals after disappointing performances by relief pitchers Cade Smith and Hunter Gaddis. The Guardians mounted a six-run rally in the top of the seventh inning to take the lead over the Nationals, before surrendering four runs in the bottom half of the inning of the opening game in Washington. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/cleveland-ma... |
| 4/27/25 | Guardians turn to Cade Smith to close games as Emmanuel Clase works through shoulder injury. The Cleveland Guardians currently have two closers at the back of the bullpen in Cade Smith and Emmanuel Clase. Check out what Stephen Vogt is saying. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/guardians-turn-ca... |
| 4/23/25 | Guardians' All-Star closer dealing with shoulder discomfort, availability unclear. Following Tuesday's comeback win against the Yankees that saw Cade Smith step in for All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase for the second straight night, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was asked whether or not Clase was healthy. An All-MLB first-team performer and American League Cy Young finalist in 2024, Clase had appeared in three consecutive games, throwing 30 pitches and suffering his second blown save of the season on Sunday in Pittsburgh, and Vogt said after Tuesday's game that the club wanted to give him two days off. Asked whether or not reporters should read anything into Smith saving two straight for Cleveland, Vogt responded: “No, not at all.” Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/04/guardi... |
| 4/23/25 | Guardians bullpen was stretched thin, but Cade Smith delivered a four-pitch save vs. Yankees. Stephen Vogt's bullpen was stretched thin for the second straight night. All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase was unavailable after appearing in three consecutive games over the weekend in Pittsburgh. Vogt said he wanted to give Clase two days off after he threw 30 pitches Sunday and, coincidentally, suffered his second blown save of the season. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2025/04/guardi... |
| 4/22/25 | Yankees undone by sloppy sixth inning in second straight loss to Guardians. Cade Smith needed just four pitches to retire the bottom of the order in the top of the ninth to clinch the series victory for the Guardians (14-9). Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/yankees-undone-sl... |
| 2/10/25 | Guardians Pitcher Discusses Cleveland's Dominant Bullpen. There were numerous reasons the Cleveland Guardians won 92 games a season ago and were just a few games short of the World Series. Cade Smith recently appeared on MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM and discussed one of the reasons Cleveland's bullpen was so dominant during the 2024 season. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/guardians-pi... |
| 12/18/24 | Hot Stove Banquet to feature Guardians pitcher in January. AKRON, Ohio – Cleveland Guardians pitcher Cade Smith will be the featured guest at the Akron RubberDucks' Hot Stove Banquet next month. The banquet is Friday, Jan. 24, at Hilton Garden Inn in Akron. Smith, a 6-foot, 5-inch right-hander who made his Major League debut this past season, was a 16th-round draft pick from the Minnesota Twins in 2017. He went 6-1 with a 1.91 ERA and 103 strikeouts over 75.1 innings. The event includes cocktails, silent auction, dinner, program and Q and A. Attendees will receive a pre-autographed baseball from Smith, and photo ops will be available. The annual banquet, which benefits West Akron Baseball League , brings in former and current Cleveland ballplayers to Source: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/12/ho... |
| 11/18/24 | Why Guardians reliever Cade Smith got my AL Rookie of the Year vote. Cleveland Guardians pitcher Cade Smith throws against the Detroit Tigers in the sixth inning during Game 3 of a baseball American League Division Series, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) AP By Evan Woodbery | ewoodber@mlive.com DETROIT -- My vote for the American League Rookie of the Year went to someone who didn't even make the list of three finalists : Cleveland Guardians reliever Cade Smith. That surprised me, but only a little. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be Source: https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2024/11/why-guardians... |
| 11/07/24 | Guardians Elite Reliever Shares What Made Bullpen So Dominant. Cade Smith appeared on MLB Radio to recap his 2024 rookie season and the dominant year from the Cleveland Guardians' bullpen. This group was undeniably the best reliever core in baseball throughout the regular season and into the playoffs. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/guardians/news/cleveland-gu... |
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