Brandon Waddell or Cade Smith

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Brandon Waddell or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
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	‐

Brandon Waddell or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	68.6	20.5

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	52	21

Earned Runs	22	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	89	19

Walks	20	10

ERA	2.85	6.36

WHIP	1.04	1.51

Brandon Waddell or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
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	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	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
	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
	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

Brandon Waddell or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9