Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Jack Little (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jack Little RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 18	‐
VBR	# 151	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.90	7.03
WHIP	1.10	0.78

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jack Little RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	28	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	2.84	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jack Little RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.7	0.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	1

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	35	1

Walks	8	0

ERA	2.90	7.03

WHIP	1.10	0.78

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Jack Little RP - DET
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Tigers have reassigned right-hander Jack Little to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Jack Little RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
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 (5-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Jack Little (2026)

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