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Cade Smith for Chris Paddack (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Cade Smith RP - CLE  | Chris Paddack SP,RP - CIN  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 15 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 125 | # 919 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 58 | 31 |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 22 | 0 |
| ERA | 2.78 | 5.05 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.38 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 14 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 11 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 29 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 13 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 94 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 15 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 28 | # 384 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Chris Paddack SP,RP - CIN | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 27 | 10 |
| Games Started | 0 | 9 |
| Innings Pitched | 27.2 | 45.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 0 | 7 |
| Saves | 20 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 25 | 61 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 35 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 42 | 35 |
| Walks | 5 | 17 |
| ERA | 2.60 | 6.90 |
| WHIP | 1.08 | 1.71 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Chris Paddack SP,RP - CIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 46 | 7 |
| Games Started | 0 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 44.2 | 38.7 |
| Wins | 3 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 22 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 2 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 33 | 42 |
| Earned Runs | 14 | 22 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 7 |
| Strikeouts | 58 | 31 |
| Walks | 13 | 10 |
| ERA | 2.78 | 5.05 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.38 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Chris Paddack SP,RP - CIN | |
| News | ||
| Cade Smith struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on two hits over one inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Nationals Matthew Adam Thu, May 28th | Reds right-hander Chris Paddack allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks in five innings while taking the loss Saturday versus the Cardinals. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th | |
| Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th | Friday’s scheduled contest between the St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds has been postponed due to to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, May 22nd | |
| Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Sat, May 23rd | Chris Paddack will start for the Reds on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th | |
| Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Thu, May 21st | The Reds are signing Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th | |
| Cade Smith struck out three batters while allowing two hits and no walks in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, May 20th | The Marlins released RHP Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Chris Paddack SP,RP - CIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #51 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #408 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #196 | vs LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #347 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #39 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #113 | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #115 | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | @ TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #274 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #285 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #187 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #75 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #142 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #75 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #168 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #139 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #177 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #169 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #215 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #406 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #325 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #111 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #8 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #254 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #87 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #254 | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #202 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #196 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #32 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #31 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #168 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #85 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs KC | Luinder Avila | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs NYM | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs PIT | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs STL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SD | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs LAD | |||||
