Cade Smith or Ryan Rolison

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Cade Smith or Ryan Rolison Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	49

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	61.0	52.2

Wins	3	7

Losses	1	1

Saves	35	1

Blown Saves	5	2

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	45	44

Earned Runs	16	18

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	86	48

Walks	21	24

ERA	2.36	3.08

WHIP	1.08	1.29

Cade Smith or Ryan Rolison Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	32.6

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	35

Earned Runs	22	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	89	24

Walks	20	13

ERA	2.85	5.53

WHIP	1.04	1.47

Cade Smith or Ryan Rolison Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
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	Ryan Rolison will start for the Cubs on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Ryan Rolison served as an opener for the first time this season on Sunday and retired all four batters he faced in the Cubs' 5-1 loss to the Giants. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Ryan Rolison retired one batter in the tenth before allowing a walk-off two-run home run to Edgar Quero as the White Sox defeated the Cubs, 9-8, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	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	The Cubs recalled Ryan Rolison from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over one scoreless inning in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 20th	The Cubs optioned LHP Ryan Rolison to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
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 Ryan Rolison Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#336	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#428
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#118	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#66	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#262	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50