Cade Smith or John Klein

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Cade Smith or John Klein Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	4.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	3

Earned Runs	14	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	63	2

Walks	11	4

ERA	2.84	4.15

WHIP	1.11	1.62

Cade Smith or John Klein Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	28

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	68.6	35.4

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	35

Earned Runs	22	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	89	30

Walks	20	13

ERA	2.85	4.57

WHIP	1.04	1.36

Cade Smith or John Klein Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
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 Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	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	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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 John Klein Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#202	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#343
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#157	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#245
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#334
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#318
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#393
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs ATH
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-1)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#318
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF