Cade Smith or Pierce Johnson

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Cade Smith or Pierce Johnson Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	27.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	38	24

Earned Runs	14	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	63	25

Walks	11	12

ERA	2.84	4.23

WHIP	1.11	1.30

Cade Smith or Pierce Johnson Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	60

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	59.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	4	13

Hits Allowed	52	54

Earned Runs	22	29

Home Runs Allowed	6	9

Strikeouts	89	65

Walks	20	24

ERA	2.85	4.35

WHIP	1.04	1.32

Cade Smith or Pierce Johnson Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	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	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
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 Pierce Johnson Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#199	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#388	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228	vs DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#190
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-6)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#232
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#281
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD