Blake Walston or Cade Smith

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Blake Walston or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	57	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	60.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	35	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	84	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.40	‐

WHIP	1.08	‐

Blake Walston or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Blake Walston RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	7

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	68.6	15.5

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	52	15

Earned Runs	22	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	89	16

Walks	20	8

ERA	2.85	8.25

WHIP	1.04	1.48

Blake Walston or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Blake Walston RP - ARI
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	Blake Walston is scheduled to pitch for Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Blake Walston will make a rehab appearance on Saturday for Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Diamondbacks placed LHP Blake Walston on the 60-day injured list following UCL surgery. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th
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

Blake Walston or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Blake Walston RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#197	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#137	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#102	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#38	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#370	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11