Cade Smith or Liam Hendriks

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Cade Smith or Liam Hendriks Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	68	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	73.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	41	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	48	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	1.96	‐

WHIP	0.97	‐

Cade Smith or Liam Hendriks Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	26.9

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	28	2

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	52	25

Earned Runs	22	16

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	89	28

Walks	20	11

ERA	2.85	5.26

WHIP	1.04	1.35

Cade Smith or Liam Hendriks Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Liam Hendriks RP - FA
News
	Cade Smith continues to make ninth innings boring, which is exactly what the Guardians are paying for. Matthew Adam Fri, Sep 25th	The Cubs released RHP Liam Hendriks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Liam Hendriks threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Liam Hendriks has signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	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	The Twins have granted reliver Liam Hendriks his release. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	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	Liam Hendriks (elbow) threw live batting practice on Monday - the first time he's faced hitters since undergoing surgery on his right elbow last September. David Leisering Mon, Feb 23rd
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 Liam Hendriks Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Liam Hendriks RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#104
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#169
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#259
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#147
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#173
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#140
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#114
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#184
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#13
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#197
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#223
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#125
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#102
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#72
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#191
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#266
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#151
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#198
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#264
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#36
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#66
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#250
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#164
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#101
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#106
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#153
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#73
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#43
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#98
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#178
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#109
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#267
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#232
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#148
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#46
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#69
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#96
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#250