Anthony Bender or Cade Smith

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Anthony Bender or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.1	34.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	2

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	36	21

Earned Runs	13	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	61	41

Walks	11	12

ERA	2.70	2.62

WHIP	1.08	0.96

Anthony Bender or Cade Smith Player Projections
	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

Anthony Bender or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Anthony Bender RP - MIA
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	Anthony Bender remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	The Marlins placed Anthony Bender on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Anthony Bender allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in Sunday's 4-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, earning his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th
	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	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 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	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
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

Anthony Bender or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Anthony Bender RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#127	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#395
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#159
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#28	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#75	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#76	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#149
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#218
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#175
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#125	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#50	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#119
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#197	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#241
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#388	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#154	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#190
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#250	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#194	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#210	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#230
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#165	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#197
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#117	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#104	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#67
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#315
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#160	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#269	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#87
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#379
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-1)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#296	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#149	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#212
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#175	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#223
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#106	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#40	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#164
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#230	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#282	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#282	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#26	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#315
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#29	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#29	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#7
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-3)	#126	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#264	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#333
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#324
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#97	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#87	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-3)	#198	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (7-4)	#91
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
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 (7-6)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF