Andrew Wantz or Cade Smith

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Andrew Wantz or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	3.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	31	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	5

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	77	1

Walks	18	3

ERA	2.29	14.73

WHIP	1.11	2.18

Andrew Wantz or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	68.6	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	28	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	89	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.85	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Andrew Wantz or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
News
	Cade Smith notched his 31st save Wednesday against the Tigers, continuing to look like the only stable thing in a Cleveland bullpen that has been struggling of late. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 13th	The Cubs sent RHP Andrew Wantz outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th	The Cubs designated Andrew Wantz for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning to preserve a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	The Cubs selected the contract of Andrew Wantz. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs signed RHP Andrew Wantz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Andrew Wantz has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
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

Andrew Wantz or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Andrew Wantz RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#353	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#167	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#332	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#372	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#172	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson	#311	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#360	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#223	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#273
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75