Cade Smith or Hunter Stratton

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Cade Smith or Hunter Stratton Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	3.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	6

Earned Runs	14	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	63	3

Walks	11	0

ERA	2.84	5.40

WHIP	1.11	1.80

Cade Smith or Hunter Stratton Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	24.4

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	24

Earned Runs	22	14

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	89	23

Walks	20	9

ERA	2.85	5.05

WHIP	1.04	1.32

Cade Smith or Hunter Stratton Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Pirates optioned RHP Hunter Stratton to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	The Pirates recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Braves acquired C Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for RHP Hunter Stratton. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	Hunter Stratton was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday morning. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 3rd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	The Braves recalled RHP Hunter Stratton from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
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 Hunter Stratton Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Hunter Stratton RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#343
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#202
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#202	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#157	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#90
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#192
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#310
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#241
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
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 (4-9)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL