Cade Smith or Michael Mercado

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Cade Smith or Michael Mercado Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	60	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	64.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	35	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	93	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	2.25	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Cade Smith or Michael Mercado Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	68.6	14.9

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	52	17

Earned Runs	22	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	89	13

Walks	20	10

ERA	2.85	10.55

WHIP	1.04	1.76

Cade Smith or Michael Mercado Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning in a 7-6 win over the Tigers in the first game of a Friday doubleheader. Smith allowed one hit and struck out two in the frame to earn the win. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 5th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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
	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
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 Michael Mercado Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#261
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#373
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#342
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#140
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#188	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
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 (4-3)	#395
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35