Cade Smith or Joey Lucchesi

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Cade Smith or Joey Lucchesi Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joey Lucchesi RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	61.0	3.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	35	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	45	7

Earned Runs	16	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	86	4

Walks	21	6

ERA	2.36	13.50

WHIP	1.08	3.90

Cade Smith or Joey Lucchesi Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joey Lucchesi RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	26

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	68.6	30.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	30

Earned Runs	22	16

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	89	23

Walks	20	12

ERA	2.85	4.82

WHIP	1.04	1.39

Cade Smith or Joey Lucchesi Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Joey Lucchesi RP - FA
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	Joey Lucchesi has been released from his minor league contract by the Los Angeles Angels. David Leisering Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	The Angels re-signed LHP Joey Luccesi to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	Angels LHP Joey Lucchesi elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	The Angels sent LHP Joey Lucchesi outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	The Angels designated LHP Joey Lucchesi for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
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 Joey Lucchesi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Joey Lucchesi RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC