Cade Smith or Chris Murphy

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Cade Smith or Chris Murphy Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	62	30

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	66.0	30.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	1	0

Saves	36	1

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	47	26

Earned Runs	16	14

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	95	30

Walks	22	15

ERA	2.18	4.11

WHIP	1.05	1.34

Cade Smith or Chris Murphy Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	40

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	48.5

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	6

Hits Allowed	52	44

Earned Runs	22	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	89	44

Walks	20	23

ERA	2.85	4.65

WHIP	1.04	1.38

Cade Smith or Chris Murphy Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Chris Murphy RP - CWS
News
	Cade Smith continues to make closing look almost too easy, needing just nine pitches to lock down a save in Friday's 5-2 win over the Twins while allowing one hit and no walks. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 12th	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 9th
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning in a 7-6 win over the Tigers in the first game of a Friday doubleheader. Smith allowed one hit and struck out two in the frame to earn the win. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 5th	The White Sox activated LHP Chris Murphy from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in the Guardians' 8-6 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th	The White Sox placed Chris Murphy on the 15-day injured list with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Cade Smith allowed one run on one hit while striking out one to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
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 Chris Murphy Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Chris Murphy RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#200	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#223
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#162
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#195	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#363
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#93	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#238
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#262	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#317	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#104
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#215	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#257	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#116
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#87
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#254	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs COL
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#145
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#164
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48