Cade Smith or Carlos Estevez

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Cade Smith or Carlos Estevez Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	0.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	4

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	63	0

Walks	11	2

ERA	2.84	162.00

WHIP	1.11	18.00

Cade Smith or Carlos Estevez Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	63

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	61.8

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	29

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	52	55

Earned Runs	22	28

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	89	56

Walks	20	22

ERA	2.85	4.08

WHIP	1.04	1.23

Cade Smith or Carlos Estevez Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Carlos Estevez RP - KC
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	Carlos Estevez is being re-evaluated on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Carlos Estevez did not feel great following Saturday’s bullpen session and will be re-evaluated in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	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	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Carlos Estevez is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 19th
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

Cade Smith or Carlos Estevez Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Carlos Estevez RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ DET
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU