Cade Smith or Nate Lavender

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Cade Smith or Nate Lavender Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	61.0	11.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	35	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	45	4

Earned Runs	16	0

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	86	12

Walks	21	2

ERA	2.36	0.00

WHIP	1.08	0.55

Cade Smith or Nate Lavender Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	14.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	52	13

Earned Runs	22	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	89	15

Walks	20	8

ERA	2.85	4.74

WHIP	1.04	1.44

Cade Smith or Nate Lavender Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Nate Lavender RP - NYM
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	The Mets selected the contract of Nate Lavender. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	The Mets reassigned LHP Nate Lavender to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	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 Nate Lavender Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Nate Lavender RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs MIA	John King
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#67	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Apr 4th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Thu, Jul 30th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Mon, Aug 17th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Thu, Sep 17th				vs PHI