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	42	21

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	44.1	21.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	38	21

Earned Runs	14	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	63	21

Walks	11	12

ERA	2.84	4.57

WHIP	1.11	1.52

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 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	The White Sox optioned Chris Murphy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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	The White Sox recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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 White Sox activated LHP Chris Murphy from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	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	Chris Murphy is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 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	White Sox reliever Chris Murphy has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
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 (7-6)	#9	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#202	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#157	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs HOU
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs HOU
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs DET
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 (4-1)	#172
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET