A.J. Puk or Cade Smith

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A.J. Puk or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	28	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.08	‐

A.J. Puk or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	34.6

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	28	5

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	52	29

Earned Runs	22	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	89	40

Walks	20	12

ERA	2.85	3.96

WHIP	1.04	1.17

A.J. Puk or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	A.J. Puk threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Reno on his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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

A.J. Puk or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#127	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#197	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#388	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#154	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#250	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#134
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#143
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#203
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#210	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (4-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#165	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#131
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#104	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#160	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#222	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#296	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#175	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#40	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#230	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#282	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#282	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#288
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#177
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-3)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#218
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-3)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#132	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#264	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#271
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#143
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#168
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#104	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#87	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#61	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-3)	#198	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN			@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ WSH
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#194
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR