Alexander Alberto or Cade Smith

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Alexander Alberto or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Alexander Alberto RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	25.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	18	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	2.45	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Alexander Alberto or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Alexander Alberto RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	7.3

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	8

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	89	6

Walks	20	3

ERA	2.85	5.14

WHIP	1.04	1.51

Alexander Alberto or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Alexander Alberto RP - TB
News
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	Alberto spent most of last season at the High-A level, posting a 2.91 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 45:17 K:BB across 34 innings. The White Sox selected him in the Rule 5 Draft in November but he did not make their Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	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	The White Sox have placed right-hander Alexander Alberto. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	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	Alberto (back) was selected by Chicago in the Rule 5 Draft and is competing for a bullpen position. He has surrendered three runs with four strikeouts and two walks across five innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	Cade Smith struck out two batters while allowing no hits and one walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Reds. Matthew Adam Sun, May 17th
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

Alexander Alberto or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Alexander Alberto RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#60
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#73
Sat, Apr 4th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99	vs CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#278
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	vs CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#263
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#151
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#114	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#222
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#292	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#92
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#246
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (1-1)	#259
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-2)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#171	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (0-0)	#33
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (0-0)	#310
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#414
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (0-0)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			@ LAA
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			vs WSH
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			vs KC
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			vs KC
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			vs KC
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			@ KC
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			@ KC
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN			@ TOR
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS