Cade Smith or Connor Brogdon

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Cade Smith or Connor Brogdon Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	60	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	64.0	15.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	35	1

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	46	14

Earned Runs	16	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	93	14

Walks	21	3

ERA	2.25	5.28

WHIP	1.05	1.11

Cade Smith or Connor Brogdon Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	50.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	52	47

Earned Runs	22	27

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	89	50

Walks	20	21

ERA	2.85	4.81

WHIP	1.04	1.36

Cade Smith or Connor Brogdon Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
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 Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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 Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th
	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
	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
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 Connor Brogdon Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#343	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#343
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#289	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#289
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ KC