Cade Smith or Joel Kuhnel

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Cade Smith or Joel Kuhnel Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	57	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	35.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	3

Saves	35	6

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	45	38

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	84	22

Walks	20	12

ERA	2.40	4.84

WHIP	1.08	1.42

Cade Smith or Joel Kuhnel Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	11.0

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	12

Earned Runs	22	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	89	8

Walks	20	3

ERA	2.85	4.10

WHIP	1.04	1.34

Cade Smith or Joel Kuhnel Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
News
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in the Guardians' 8-6 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 26th	Joel Kuhnel allowed two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning in his rehab appearance last Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Cade Smith allowed one run on one hit while striking out one to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Joel Kuhnel was sent on a rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two walks and no hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Giants. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 21st	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
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 Joel Kuhnel Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT