Cade Smith or Justin Bruihl

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Cade Smith or Justin Bruihl Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	62

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	61.0	67.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	35	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	45	67

Earned Runs	16	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	86	46

Walks	21	26

ERA	2.36	3.33

WHIP	1.08	1.37

Cade Smith or Justin Bruihl Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	48

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	47.9

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	9

Hits Allowed	52	46

Earned Runs	22	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	89	43

Walks	20	19

ERA	2.85	4.45

WHIP	1.04	1.35

Cade Smith or Justin Bruihl Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
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	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th
	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
	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
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th
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 Justin Bruihl Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Justin Bruihl RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#310	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#427
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs ATL	Danny Young
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#220	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#331
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40