Cade Smith or Zack Kelly

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Cade Smith or Zack Kelly Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	69	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	74.0	16.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	41	0

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	48	14

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	107	14

Walks	23	7

ERA	1.95	3.31

WHIP	0.96	1.29

Cade Smith or Zack Kelly Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	70	51

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.6	54.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	4	9

Hits Allowed	52	50

Earned Runs	22	28

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	89	53

Walks	20	25

ERA	2.85	4.59

WHIP	1.04	1.38

Cade Smith or Zack Kelly Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Cade Smith continues to make ninth innings boring, which is exactly what the Guardians are paying for. Matthew Adam Fri, Sep 25th	Zack Kelly progressed to throwing live batting practice. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 13th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Wed, Sep 23rd	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Cade Smith struck out three while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Mon, Sep 21st	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 19th	The Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Cade Smith struck out two batters over 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 17th	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
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 Zack Kelly Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-4)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#225
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#282
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#137
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#223
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#212	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159