Cade Smith or Carson Palmquist

Baseball Stats Comparison

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


Games Played	42	5

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	44.1	9.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	11

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	63	11

Walks	11	2

ERA	2.84	5.79

WHIP	1.11	1.39

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 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	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	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	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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 (7-6)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#221
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#183
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#312
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
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)	#60
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#328
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET