Cade Smith or Eric Lauer

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Cade Smith or Eric Lauer Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	9

Games Started	0	7

Innings Pitched	25.2	42.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	0	5

Saves	18	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	42

Earned Runs	7	28

Home Runs Allowed	1	12

Strikeouts	37	30

Walks	5	17

ERA	2.45	5.95

WHIP	1.05	1.39

Cade Smith or Eric Lauer Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	40

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	68.6	68.6

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	52	65

Earned Runs	22	32

Home Runs Allowed	6	11

Strikeouts	89	63

Walks	20	22

ERA	2.85	4.19

WHIP	1.04	1.26

Cade Smith or Eric Lauer Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday's win over Colorado. Chase Davis Wed, May 27th
	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	Eric Lauer threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer is penciled in to start next Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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	Eric Lauer will join the Dodgers rotation after their current road trip. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers plan to use Eric Lauer as a reliever/swingman. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
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 Eric Lauer Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	vs NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#167
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#114	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (1-1)	#423
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#425
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#292	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#92
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#61
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#200
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-2)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-0)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#171	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-1)	#195
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#191
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#414
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (1-1)	#76
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (4-3)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#132
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#110	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#186
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (0-1)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#139
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-0)	#345
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#296
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3)	#427
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (0-0)	#33	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			vs TB
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			vs BAL
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			@ SD
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			vs SD
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			vs COL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			vs COL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#14
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN