Cade Smith or Joel Payamps

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Cade Smith or Joel Payamps Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	69	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	74.0	7.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	41	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	48	9

Earned Runs	16	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	107	9

Walks	23	4

ERA	1.95	9.39

WHIP	0.96	1.70

Cade Smith or Joel Payamps Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	52

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	50.3

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	10

Hits Allowed	52	48

Earned Runs	22	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	89	48

Walks	20	16

ERA	2.85	4.44

WHIP	1.04	1.26

Cade Smith or Joel Payamps Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	Cade Smith continues to make ninth innings boring, which is exactly what the Guardians are paying for. Matthew Adam Fri, Sep 25th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Wed, Sep 23rd
	Cade Smith struck out three while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Mon, Sep 21st
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 19th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 17th
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 Payamps Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (5-5)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#182
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (1-1)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (3-4)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (7-1)	#117
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#279
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#223
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#212	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#131
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (6-2)	#100
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ MIA	Jack Ralston
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#192
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208