Cade Smith or Gregory Soto

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Cade Smith or Gregory Soto Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Gregory Soto RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.2	25.1

Wins	2	3

Losses	0	0

Saves	18	6

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	22	10

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	37	31

Walks	5	10

ERA	2.45	2.13

WHIP	1.05	0.79

Cade Smith or Gregory Soto Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Gregory Soto RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	63

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	59.5

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	3

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	4	15

Hits Allowed	52	54

Earned Runs	22	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	89	65

Walks	20	24

ERA	2.85	4.00

WHIP	1.04	1.32

Cade Smith or Gregory Soto Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Gregory Soto RP - PIT
News
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	Gregory Soto pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out one, to secure his sixth save of the season as the Pirates held off the Cubs, 2-1, on Monday. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	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	Gregory Soto tossed a scoreless ninth to pick up his fifth save of the season as the Pirates defeated the Blue Jays, 4-1, on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, May 25th
	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	Gregory Soto could not secure a three-run lead in the ninth inning on Friday as he allowed three runs - two earned - on two hits, two walks, and an error in a blown save against the Phillies. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
	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	Gregory Soto pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning, with a strikeout, for his third save of the season as the Pirates defeated the Diamondbacks, 4-2, on Thursday. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	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	Gregory Soto pitched a scoreless ninth inning on Wednesday for his second save of the season as the Pirates blanked the Diamondbacks, 1-0. David Leisering Thu, May 7th
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 Gregory Soto Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Gregory Soto RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#392
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#331
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	vs SD	Michael King (4-3)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#114	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#292	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93	vs STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#222
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-2)	#124	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#171	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#92
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#425
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#110	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-1)	#203
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#67
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-2)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	@ HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#315
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (0-0)	#33	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (2-6)	#125
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			vs MIA
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ NYY
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ NYY
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs CHC
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs CHC
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs CHC
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs ARI
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ DET
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (0-0)	#192
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#306
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL