Cade Smith or Fernando Cruz

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News & Notes
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Cade Smith or Fernando Cruz Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	57	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	54.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	1	6

Saves	35	2

Blown Saves	5	6

Holds	0	19

Hits Allowed	45	41

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	7

Strikeouts	84	67

Walks	20	32

ERA	2.40	3.13

WHIP	1.08	1.34

Cade Smith or Fernando Cruz Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	59

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	58.9

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	2

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	4	17

Hits Allowed	52	45

Earned Runs	22	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	89	81

Walks	20	27

ERA	2.85	3.68

WHIP	1.04	1.23

Cade Smith or Fernando Cruz Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
News
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	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 Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
	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
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th
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 Fernando Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Fernando Cruz RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL