Cade Smith or Eduardo Salazar

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Cade Smith or Eduardo Salazar Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	62	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	66.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	36	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	95	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	2.18	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Cade Smith or Eduardo Salazar Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	22.9

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	27

Earned Runs	22	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	89	20

Walks	20	12

ERA	2.85	7.65

WHIP	1.04	1.70

Cade Smith or Eduardo Salazar Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
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	Eduardo Salazar has agreed to a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The righthander will presumably head to major league spring training as part of the agreement. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	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
	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
	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
	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
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 Eduardo Salazar Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Eduardo Salazar RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#232
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#282
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#200	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#253	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#313
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#234	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#182
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#147
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#333
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170