Brent Headrick or Cade Smith

Baseball Stats Comparison

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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	69	81

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	74.0	78.1

Wins	6	7

Losses	1	4

Saves	41	0

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	1	29

Hits Allowed	48	68

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	107	98

Walks	23	27

ERA	1.95	2.18

WHIP	0.96	1.21

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 continues to make ninth innings boring, which is exactly what the Guardians are paying for. Matthew Adam Fri, Sep 25th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Wed, Sep 23rd
	Cade Smith struck out three while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Mon, Sep 21st
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 19th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 17th
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 (8-9)
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#229
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (7-1)	#117
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (2-0)	#148
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#92
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa (1-0)	#226
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#212	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#41
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#167
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256