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Cade Smith for Eric Lauer (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Cade Smith RP - CLE  | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 15 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 126 | # 767 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 58 | 39 |
| Wins | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 22 | 0 |
| ERA | 2.78 | 4.85 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.40 |
| 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 | # 206 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 9 |
| Games Started | 0 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 26.2 | 42.1 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 0 | 5 |
| Saves | 19 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 24 | 42 |
| Earned Runs | 8 | 28 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 12 |
| Strikeouts | 39 | 30 |
| Walks | 5 | 17 |
| ERA | 2.70 | 5.95 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.39 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 46 | 26 |
| Games Started | 0 | 4 |
| Innings Pitched | 44.2 | 44.7 |
| Wins | 3 | 3 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 22 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Holds | 2 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 33 | 45 |
| Earned Runs | 14 | 24 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 58 | 39 |
| Walks | 13 | 16 |
| ERA | 2.78 | 4.85 |
| WHIP | 1.09 | 1.40 |
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |
| 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 | Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday's win over Colorado. Chase Davis Wed, May 27th | |
| Cade Smith earned the save in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, May 25th | Eric Lauer threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | |
| 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 | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer is penciled in to start next Tuesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th | |
| 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 | Eric Lauer will join the Dodgers rotation after their current road trip. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| 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 | Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said the Dodgers plan to use Eric Lauer as a reliever/swingman. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cade Smith RP - CLE | Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #92 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #246 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #86 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #144 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #95 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #200 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #102 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #170 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #115 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (1-1) | #420 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #87 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #424 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #285 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #186 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #98 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #144 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #138 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #219 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #90 | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #322 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #74 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #19 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #190 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ HOU | Steven Okert | |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #167 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #186 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #106 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #172 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #215 | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #187 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #369 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #44 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #370 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #322 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #38 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (1-1) | #79 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #199 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #137 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #112 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #62 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #188 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #257 | vs COL | Tanner Gordon (0-0) | #299 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #257 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #143 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #32 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (0-2) | #33 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #44 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #370 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | @ CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ PIT | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs TB | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs COL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SEA | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs KC | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ COL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ CIN | |||||
