Angel Zerpa or Cade Smith

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Angel Zerpa or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	61.0	12.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	35	2

Blown Saves	5	3

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	45	16

Earned Runs	16	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	86	8

Walks	21	6

ERA	2.36	6.39

WHIP	1.08	1.74

Angel Zerpa or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	59

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	68.6	59.8

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	4	12

Hits Allowed	52	56

Earned Runs	22	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	89	55

Walks	20	20

ERA	2.85	3.83

WHIP	1.04	1.27

Angel Zerpa or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
News
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in the Guardians' 8-6 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th	The Brewers transferred Angel Zerpa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Cade Smith allowed one run on one hit while striking out one to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Angel Zerpa underwent his elbow reconstruction surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	Angel Zerpa will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two walks and no hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Giants. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 21st	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Angel Zerpa is deciding whether or not to have Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said there is significant concern about Angel Zerpa’s left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
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

Angel Zerpa or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#258
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#154	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#325	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#169	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#210	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#91
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#198
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#135	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#225	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#211	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#302	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#359	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#195
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#53	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#161	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#74	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#183	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#118
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#46
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#167	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#210	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#174
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#172	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#188
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#52
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#145	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#214
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#182	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#150
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#41
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 (9-10)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#195
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#387
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS