Brent Headrick or Cade Smith

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News & Notes
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Brent Headrick or Cade Smith Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brent Headrick RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	46.1

Wins	2	5

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	38	38

Earned Runs	14	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	63	53

Walks	11	17

ERA	2.84	1.55

WHIP	1.11	1.19

Brent Headrick or Cade Smith Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brent Headrick RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	41

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	46.3

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	52	41

Earned Runs	22	22

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	89	48

Walks	20	16

ERA	2.85	4.34

WHIP	1.04	1.23

Brent Headrick or Cade Smith Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brent Headrick RP - NYY
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
	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
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	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
	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
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

Brent Headrick or Cade Smith Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Brent Headrick RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#388	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#142	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ PHI
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ PHI
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ PHI
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL