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	59	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	62.0	34.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	35	2

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	46	21

Earned Runs	16	10

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	88	41

Walks	21	12

ERA	2.32	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 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	Anthony Bender did mound work in Florida. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd
	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	Anthony Bender threw 24 pitches over one-plus inning in his first rehab appearance. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	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	Anthony Bender is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	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	Anthony Bender threw off the mound on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	Anthony Bender threw a touch and feel bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
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 (9-10)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#345	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#183	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#368
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#411
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#61	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#66
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#384	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#246	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#280	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#196
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#158	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	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 (11-9)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96