Cade Smith or Nick Nastrini

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Cade Smith or Nick Nastrini Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Nick Nastrini SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	42.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	27	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.76	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Cade Smith or Nick Nastrini Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Nick Nastrini SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	9

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	68.6	24.9

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	52	30

Earned Runs	22	30

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	89	22

Walks	20	18

ERA	2.85	10.84

WHIP	1.04	1.89

Cade Smith or Nick Nastrini Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Nick Nastrini SP,RP - FA
News
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th
	Cade Smith took the loss in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 25th
	Cade Smith continues to be the Guardians' ninth-inning answer, even if the walks keep trying to ruin the vibe. Matthew Adam Fri, Jun 19th
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 Nick Nastrini Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Nick Nastrini SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-5)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-7)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#236
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#54
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#73
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#127
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (7-5)	#159
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#331
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (7-2)	#87
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-5)	#126
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#214
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-6)	#252
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#181
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#13
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#160
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#227
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#255
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#268
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#106
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-5)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (10-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (9-1)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#237
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#260
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#260
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (10-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#28
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (2-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-4)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-3)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#111
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-2)	#92
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#137
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#127
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#174
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (5-4)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#174
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (5-4)	#105
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (8-3)	#56
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-4)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-6)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#22
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (7-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC