Cade Smith or Francis Pena

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Cade Smith or Francis Pena Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	57	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	60.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	35	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	84	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.40	‐

WHIP	1.08	‐

Cade Smith or Francis Pena Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	9.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	9

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	89	7

Walks	20	4

ERA	2.85	4.44

WHIP	1.04	1.48

Cade Smith or Francis Pena Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Francis Pena RP - SD
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
	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
	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 Francis Pena Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Francis Pena RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL