Cade Smith or Franco Aleman

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Cade Smith or Franco Aleman Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	67	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	72.1	22.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	40	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	48	25

Earned Runs	16	11

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	104	28

Walks	23	10

ERA	1.99	4.43

WHIP	0.98	1.57

Cade Smith or Franco Aleman Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	19.3

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	17

Earned Runs	22	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	89	22

Walks	20	10

ERA	2.85	4.16

WHIP	1.04	1.38

Cade Smith or Franco Aleman Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
News
	Cade Smith struck out three while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Mon, Sep 21st	The Guardians optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 19th	Franco Aleman will rejoin the Guardians ahead of Sunday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Sep 6th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 17th	Franco Aleman was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Saturday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 15th
	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	The Guardians have brought back Franco Aleman to the majors. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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 optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
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 Franco Aleman Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#96	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#101	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#217
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#50	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#50
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#43	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#43
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#102	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#97	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#29	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#276	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#136	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#122	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#72	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#72
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#316	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#316
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#166	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58
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 (7-9)	#132	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#132
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#196	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#196
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#243	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#243
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#263	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#263
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#144
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#335	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#335
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#138	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#138
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#74	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#74
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#5
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#14
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#131	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#131
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#36
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 (17-5)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#4
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#55	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#112	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#278	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#94	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#276	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#277	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#146	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#159	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#96	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#61	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#146	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#146
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#65
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#213	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#213
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#124	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#124
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#181	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#181
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#90	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#194	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#194
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#16	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#335	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#335
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#300	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#300
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#141	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#80	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#57
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#205	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#205
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#111
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#74	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#74
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#138	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#138
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#62	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#62
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#253	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#253
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#301	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#301
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#84
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#254	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#254
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#156	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#156
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#359
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#263	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#263
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#103	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#103
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#201	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#132	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#132
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#70	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#70
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#24	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#24
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#232	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#232
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#37	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#37
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#241	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#241
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#29
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#118	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#118
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#43	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#43
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#76
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#216	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#216
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#146	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#146
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#290
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#358	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#358
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#316	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#316
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#114	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#114
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#45	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#45
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#42	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#42
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#39
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#101	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#101
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#58
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#201	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#201