Cade Smith or Matt Strahm

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Cade Smith or Matt Strahm Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Matt Strahm RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.2	16.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	19	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	24	14

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	39	17

Walks	5	7

ERA	2.70	3.86

WHIP	1.09	1.29

Cade Smith or Matt Strahm Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Matt Strahm RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	63

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	62.9

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	3

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	4	17

Hits Allowed	52	52

Earned Runs	22	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	89	70

Walks	20	19

ERA	2.85	3.61

WHIP	1.04	1.12

Cade Smith or Matt Strahm Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Matt Strahm RP - KC
News
	Cade Smith struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on two hits over one inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Nationals Matthew Adam Thu, May 28th	Matt Strahm threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday and looked great, according to Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 28th
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	Matt Strahm threw a bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled for a live batting practice session in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, May 26th
	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	Matt Strahm (knee) has been placed on the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th
	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	Matt Strahm is day-to-day with a leg contusion after getting hit by a comebacker Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 19th
	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
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 Strahm Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Matt Strahm RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#92	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#124
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#130	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6)	#224
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#58
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#200	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-6)	#69
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#115	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#285	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#186	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#144	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#20	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#369
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#219	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#74	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#117
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#129	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#190	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#46
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#167	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#96
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#106	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#123	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#172	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#215
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#369	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#347
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#44	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#101
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#322	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#161
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#142	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#139
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#199	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#112	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#8	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#257	vs NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#257	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#32
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#143	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#29	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#32	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#322
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#105	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#77	@ MIN
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			vs HOU
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			vs HOU
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			vs HOU
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			@ TB
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			@ TB
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			@ TB
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			vs TB
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			vs TB
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs SF
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			vs SF
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			vs SF
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ DET
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ DET
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ DET
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#66
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#179
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#118
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU