Cade Smith or Jake Cousins

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Cade Smith or Jake Cousins Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	28	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.84	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Cade Smith or Jake Cousins Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	17.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	52	14

Earned Runs	22	21

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	89	22

Walks	20	10

ERA	2.85	10.76

WHIP	1.04	1.37

Cade Smith or Jake Cousins Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
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 Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	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
	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
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 Jake Cousins Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#206
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#301
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#229	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#208	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#436
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#424
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#353	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#155	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#198	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#310	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#176	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#191
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#153	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#271	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#187
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#169	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#154
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#303
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#258	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#291
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#436
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#258
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#206
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#160
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#309
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#281	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#160	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#152	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#155
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#224
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#429
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#316
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#204	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#213
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#256	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#291
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN