Cade Smith or Jeff Hoffman

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Cade Smith or Jeff Hoffman Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	41.1

Wins	2	5

Losses	1	6

Saves	28	5

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	38	44

Earned Runs	14	21

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	63	64

Walks	11	15

ERA	2.84	4.57

WHIP	1.11	1.43

Cade Smith or Jeff Hoffman Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	64

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	61.8

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	26

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	52	49

Earned Runs	22	26

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	89	75

Walks	20	22

ERA	2.85	3.72

WHIP	1.04	1.16

Cade Smith or Jeff Hoffman Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
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	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th
	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	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	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	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th
	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	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th
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 Jeff Hoffman Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#388	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#142	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs TB
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			vs TB
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN			vs TB
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ BOS
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ BOS
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL