Anthony Nunez or Cade Smith

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Anthony Nunez or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	37.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	28	3

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	38	35

Earned Runs	14	22

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	63	41

Walks	11	14

ERA	2.84	5.30

WHIP	1.11	1.31

Anthony Nunez or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	21.4

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	19

Earned Runs	22	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	89	23

Walks	20	9

ERA	2.85	3.92

WHIP	1.04	1.30

Anthony Nunez or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
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	The Orioles recalled Anthony Nunez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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 Orioles optioned Anthony Nunez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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 Nunez picked up a save Friday against Detroit, his third of the season. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
	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 Nunez struck out one batter while allowing one hit on 11 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Tue, May 12th
	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	Anthony Nunez struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 23rd
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 Nunez or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#195
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#202	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#197
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#157	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#178
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#306
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#178
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#211
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs ATL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			@ DET
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ DET
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS