Cade Smith or Carson Palmquist

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Cade Smith or Carson Palmquist Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	19	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	2.70	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Cade Smith or Carson Palmquist Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	17

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	68.6	26.5

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	31

Earned Runs	22	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	89	26

Walks	20	15

ERA	2.85	6.21

WHIP	1.04	1.71

Cade Smith or Carson Palmquist Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
News
	Cade Smith struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on two hits over one inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Nationals Matthew Adam Thu, May 28th	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	The Rockies designated LHP Carson Palmquist for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd	The Rockies optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Thu, May 21st	Palmquist (lower leg) threw a scoreless frame in his Cactus League debut last week. A line drive struck him on the shin, setting him back from his planned progression. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	Cade Smith struck out three batters while allowing two hits and no walks in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, May 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

Cade Smith or Carson Palmquist Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#92	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#374
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	vs STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#139
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#95	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#200	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#152
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#115	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#285	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#186	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (3-0)	#157
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#144	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (2-1)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#20	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#219	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (2-1)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#74	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#170
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#19	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#129	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#190	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#167	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#66
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#106	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#224
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#172	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#64
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#215
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#369	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#322	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#142	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#196
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	vs NYM	Christian Scott (0-0)	#107
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#112	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#262
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#53	vs NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#8	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#200
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#257	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#89	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#257	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#143	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-0)	#162
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (4-3)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	vs SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#137
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#32	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#70
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY			@ SF
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			@ SF
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			@ SF
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			vs SEA
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			vs KC
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			vs KC
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			@ TB
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			@ TB
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			@ BOS
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			vs PIT
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ COL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ COL
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs ARI
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#247
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET