Cade Smith or Matt Festa

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Cade Smith or Matt Festa Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	59

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	61.0	58.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	35	1

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	45	59

Earned Runs	16	22

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	86	62

Walks	21	16

ERA	2.36	3.39

WHIP	1.08	1.29

Cade Smith or Matt Festa Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	58

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	58.1

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	4	12

Hits Allowed	52	52

Earned Runs	22	27

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	89	58

Walks	20	22

ERA	2.85	4.24

WHIP	1.04	1.27

Cade Smith or Matt Festa Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Matt Festa RP - CLE
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	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th
	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
	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 Matt Festa Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#310	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#133	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#220	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#220
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ KC