Cade Smith or Max Lazar

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Cade Smith or Max Lazar Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	25.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	18	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	2.45	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Cade Smith or Max Lazar Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	34.5

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	34

Earned Runs	22	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	89	28

Walks	20	11

ERA	2.85	4.90

WHIP	1.04	1.31

Cade Smith or Max Lazar Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th	Max Lazar began a rehab assignment with High-A Jersey Shore on Thursday, allowing one earned run on two hits and one walk while recording one out. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 1st
	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	Max Lazar has begun throwing bullpen sessions at the Philadelphia Phillies spring training complex. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	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	The Phillies transferred Max Lazar to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	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	The Phillies placed RHP Max Lazar on the 15-day injured list with a left oblique strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Phillies right-hander Max Lazar is dealing with an abdominal/oblique issue and has left the World Baseball Classic after pitching for Team Israel. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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 Max Lazar Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-5)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (1-1)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#98	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (3-4)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (4-2)	#1	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#425
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3)	#427
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-3)	#99	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#92
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	vs CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#278
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#87	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-5)	#101	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#111	vs ATL	Martin Perez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (0-1)	#114	vs ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#82	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	@ CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#292	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#145	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-2)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-1)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (4-1)	#79	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#92
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-1)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-0)	#166	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (2-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-2)	#124	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#306
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#16	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#171	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-3)	#427
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#394	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#185
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#65
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#205	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#110	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (7-3)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#132
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#186
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#248	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-2)	#217
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (5-1)	#32	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#40	vs SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (0-0)	#33	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-2)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (0-2)	#34	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-0)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (4-1)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Jun 14th	vs DET			@ MIL
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX			vs PIT
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS			@ KC
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS			@ KC
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			vs LAD
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			vs NYY
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Apr 4th				@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (2-3)	#258
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM