Aaron Ashby or Cade Smith

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Aaron Ashby or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	26.2	35.0

Wins	2	9

Losses	0	0

Saves	19	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	24	28

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	39	49

Walks	5	18

ERA	2.70	2.31

WHIP	1.09	1.31

Aaron Ashby or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	54

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	68.6	71.9

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	12

Hits Allowed	52	63

Earned Runs	22	30

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	89	75

Walks	20	34

ERA	2.85	3.77

WHIP	1.04	1.34

Aaron Ashby or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
News
	Cade Smith struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on two hits over one inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Nationals Matthew Adam Thu, May 28th	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Thu, May 21st
	Cade Smith struck out three batters while allowing two hits and no walks in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, May 20th
Notes
	Cade Smith has quickly emerged as one of baseball's most dominant late-inning arms. His bat-missing ability has remained consistent across both seasons, posting a 35.1% strikeout rate over his first 149 MLB innings with excellent control (6.1% BB%). While his ERA rose to 2.93 in 2025 as his fly-ball rate and HR% ticked up slightly, the underlying profile still supports high-end relief production. The 2026 projections forecast roughly 30 saves, 91 strikeouts, and a 3.05 ERA across 71 innings as Cleveland's primary closer in the top tier of relievers. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
	I know Mason Miller is THE relief pitcher household name these days, but Cade Smith could be joining that conversation after this year. In his only two seasons in the big leagues, Smith has posted 12+ K/9s and sub 2 FIPs in each season, making him as reliable and excellent as any reliever in the game. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Aaron Ashby or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Aaron Ashby RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#202
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#92	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#95	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#200	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#20
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#219
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#115	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#285	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#186	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#144	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#219	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#74	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#19	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#72
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#129	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#190	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#257
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#161
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#172	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#33
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#369	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44	vs SD	Michael King (4-3)	#35
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#137
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#322	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199	@ CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#112	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#8	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#257	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#257	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#143	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#178
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-2)	#158
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs SF
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#32	vs SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#33	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#185
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (1-1)	#420
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			@ COL
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			vs PHI
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			vs PHI
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			@ ATL
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			@ STL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs COL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			@ SF
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#90
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#167
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#215
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS