Cade Smith or Zach Penrod

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Cade Smith or Zach Penrod Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zach Penrod RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	60	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	64.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	35	‐

Blown Saves	5	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	93	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	2.25	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Cade Smith or Zach Penrod Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zach Penrod RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	10.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	52	10

Earned Runs	22	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	89	9

Walks	20	5

ERA	2.85	4.45

WHIP	1.04	1.54

Cade Smith or Zach Penrod Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zach Penrod RP - WSH
News
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning in a 7-6 win over the Tigers in the first game of a Friday doubleheader. Smith allowed one hit and struck out two in the frame to earn the win. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 5th	The Nationals signed LHP Zach Penrod to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
	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
	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
	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
	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
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 Zach Penrod Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Zach Penrod RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-2)	#77
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#172	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#403
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#166	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#188	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET