Anthony Bender or Cade Smith
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| Cade Smith RP - CLE  | Anthony Bender RP - MIA  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 25 | 22 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.2 | 21.1 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 18 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 2 |
| Holds | 0 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 22 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 7 | 8 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 37 | 23 |
| Walks | 5 | 9 |
| ERA | 2.45 | 3.38 |
| WHIP | 1.05 | 0.98 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Anthony Bender RP - MIA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 70 | 58 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 68.6 | 56.8 |
| Wins | 5 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 28 | 2 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Holds | 4 | 15 |
| Hits Allowed | 52 | 51 |
| Earned Runs | 22 | 26 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 89 | 54 |
| Walks | 20 | 22 |
| ERA | 2.85 | 4.06 |
| WHIP | 1.04 | 1.29 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Anthony Bender RP - MIA | |
| News | ||
| Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th | Anthony Bender allowed two earned runs on one hit and three walks while striking out two hitters to record his first save of the season in Sunday’s 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Apr 6th | |
| 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 | Bender has been slowed early in Marlins camp by a shin issue. He threw a live batting practice session Tuesday, sitting 95-96 mph with his fastball. Bruno Mulé Tue, Feb 24th | |
| 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 | Anthony Bender has avoided arbitration with the Miami Marlins and will make $2.81 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 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 | ||
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Anthony Bender RP - MIA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #296 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #8 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #425 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #98 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #428 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (4-2) | #1 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #417 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #176 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #62 | |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #69 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #38 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #392 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-3) | #99 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #30 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #222 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #55 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #227 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #114 | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #60 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #82 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #292 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #189 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #145 | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #191 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-1) | #93 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (4-2) | #1 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #35 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #133 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #198 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #183 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #166 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #30 | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #107 | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #202 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-2) | #124 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #216 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #171 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #394 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #73 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #242 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #89 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 | @ TB | Ian Seymour (3-0) | #106 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #110 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #55 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #180 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #130 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #44 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #168 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #130 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #28 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #40 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-3) | #215 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (0-0) | #33 | @ WSH | ||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ARI | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ PHI | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | vs PIT | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PHI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (2-4) | #13 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #220 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (0-2) | #34 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | |||||
