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	26	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	2.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	19	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	24	3

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	39	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	2.70	3.38

WHIP	1.09	1.50

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 two batters while allowing one earned run on two hits over one inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Nationals Matthew Adam Thu, May 28th	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	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	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	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
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 (3-4)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#93	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#128	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#196	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#113	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#115	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#88	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#285	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#187	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#142	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#20
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#225	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#91	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#21
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#131	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#131
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#193	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#193
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#221	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#221
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#168	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#168
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#108	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#108
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#177	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#177
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#215	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#215
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#406	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#406
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#102	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#102
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#325	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#325
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#145	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#145
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#111	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#111
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#8	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#166	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#166
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#254	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#254
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#254	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#254
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#31	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#78
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			@ HOU
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			@ CWS
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ TB
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ KC