Cade Smith or Yilber Diaz

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News & Notes
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Cade Smith or Yilber Diaz Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	57	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	60.0	1.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	35	0

Blown Saves	5	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	8

Earned Runs	16	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	84	3

Walks	20	2

ERA	2.40	37.80

WHIP	1.08	6.00

Cade Smith or Yilber Diaz Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	17

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	68.6	22.8

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	22

Earned Runs	22	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	89	21

Walks	20	12

ERA	2.85	5.77

WHIP	1.04	1.49

Cade Smith or Yilber Diaz Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Yilber Diaz RP - DET
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 Tigers optioned Yilber Diaz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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 Tigers recalled Yilber Diaz from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 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	The Tigers optioned Yilber Diaz to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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 Tigers have claimed pitcher Yilber Diaz off waivers from the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	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 Diamondbacks designated RHP Yilber Díaz for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
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 Yilber Diaz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Yilber Diaz RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH