Cade Smith or Will Johnston

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Cade Smith or Will Johnston Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	28	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.84	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Cade Smith or Will Johnston Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	68.6	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	28	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	89	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.85	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Cade Smith or Will Johnston Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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
	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
	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
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 Will Johnston Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#222
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#159
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#387	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#158	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#349
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#163	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#154	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (3-1)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#206
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB