Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	# 309
VBR	# 163	# 609

Projections

Strikeouts	27	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	2.88	3.93
WHIP	1.09	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

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	# 15	# 233

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 404

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	50.0	33.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	30	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	40	29

Earned Runs	14	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	70	33

Walks	14	19

ERA	2.52	4.91

WHIP	1.08	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	11.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	16	11

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	27	12

Walks	6	4

ERA	2.88	3.93

WHIP	1.09	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
News
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning to preserve a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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 Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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	Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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