Cade Smith or Justin Topa
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| Cade Smith RP - CLE  | Justin Topa RP - MIN  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 25 | 23 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 25.2 | 19.0 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 18 | 2 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 22 | 27 |
| Earned Runs | 7 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 37 | 12 |
| Walks | 5 | 11 |
| ERA | 2.45 | 8.05 |
| WHIP | 1.05 | 2.00 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Justin Topa RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 70 | 57 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 68.6 | 58.9 |
| Wins | 5 | 3 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 28 | 4 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Holds | 4 | 12 |
| Hits Allowed | 52 | 60 |
| Earned Runs | 22 | 28 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 89 | 50 |
| Walks | 20 | 19 |
| ERA | 2.85 | 4.22 |
| WHIP | 1.04 | 1.34 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Justin Topa RP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th | The Twins released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd | Justin Topa allowed two earned runs on four hits while throwing 17 pitches over one inning to earn the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Matthew Adam Mon, May 4th | |
| Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Thu, May 21st | Justin Topa issued a walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. He struck out two across 1 2/3 innings of work in the appearance. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 8th | |
| Cade Smith struck out three batters while allowing two hits and no walks in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, May 20th | ||
| Cade Smith struck out two batters while allowing no hits and one walk in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 7-4 win over the Reds. Matthew Adam Sun, May 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 RP - CLE | Justin Topa RP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (2-4) | #13 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #82 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #8 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #98 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #83 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (4-2) | #1 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-3) | #99 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #159 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #55 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-3) | #99 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #30 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #246 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #145 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #7 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (4-2) | #102 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #392 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #114 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #82 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #292 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #28 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #189 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #145 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #19 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #46 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-1) | #93 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #50 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (2-4) | #13 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #133 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #198 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #11 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #183 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #44 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #166 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #30 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-3) | #215 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #107 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #175 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-2) | #124 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #171 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #220 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #394 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #48 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #227 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #308 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #49 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #188 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #155 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #315 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #110 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (2-6) | #125 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #55 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #91 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #185 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #181 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #151 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 | @ CWS | David Sandlin | #332 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #86 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #32 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #105 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #27 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #40 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (0-0) | #33 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #199 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (0-2) | #34 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #107 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #81 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | @ CHC | ||||
| 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) | #30 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-1) | #93 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #68 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #130 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #148 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #80 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin | #332 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | |||||
| 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 | |||||
