Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 165	# 786

Projections

Strikeouts	29	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	2.84	4.46
WHIP	1.09	1.51

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	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	12.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	29	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	8

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	67	14

Walks	11	4

ERA	2.63	2.92

WHIP	1.06	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.5	7.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	29	8

Walks	6	4

ERA	2.84	4.46

WHIP	1.09	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	William Kempner RP - MIA
News
	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	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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 Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	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	The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, Jun 14th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for William Kempner (2026)

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