Cade Smith or Chris Roycroft

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Cade Smith or Chris Roycroft Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Chris Roycroft RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	3.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	18	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	37	3

Walks	5	5

ERA	2.45	12.27

WHIP	1.05	3.55

Cade Smith or Chris Roycroft Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Chris Roycroft RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	41

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	43.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	4

Hits Allowed	52	43

Earned Runs	22	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	89	35

Walks	20	20

ERA	2.85	4.96

WHIP	1.04	1.47

Cade Smith or Chris Roycroft Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Chris Roycroft RP - STL
News
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	Cardinals right-hander Chris Roycroft has been the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
	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
	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
	Cade Smith struck out two batters while allowing no hits and one walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Reds. Matthew Adam Sun, May 17th
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 Roycroft Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Chris Roycroft RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#159
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	@ WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#170
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#114	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#200
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#292	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#135
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#139
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	@ SD	Michael King (4-3)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-2)	#124	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#132
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#171	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-2)	#217
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#86
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#110	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#361
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-1)	#203
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (0-0)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			@ MIN
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			@ MIN
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			vs SD
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			vs SD
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			@ KC
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			@ KC
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			@ ARI
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs CIN
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs CIN
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ARI
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL