Cade Smith or Chris Roycroft

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


Games Played	61	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	65.0	32.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	35	1

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	46	44

Earned Runs	16	24

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	95	22

Walks	22	14

ERA	2.22	6.75

WHIP	1.05	1.81

Cade Smith or Chris Roycroft Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Chris Roycroft RP - ATH
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 - ATH
News
	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 Athletics recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	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 Athletics claimed RHP Chris Roycroft off waivers from the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	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 Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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 Rays optioned Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two walks and no hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Giants. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 21st	The Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
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 - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#196
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#373
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#353
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#170	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330	vs DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#154
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#214	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#281	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#41
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#262	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#156	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13