2025 Stats
W-L
7-5
ERA
3.15
WHIP
1.08
K
98
SV
15
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
An undrafted free-agent by the Guardians in 2020, Smith's rookie season was a resounding success. The 25-year-old broke camp with Cleveland and immediately showcased the elite strikeout potential that he carried through every level in the minors. Armed with a 96 mph fastball that was the best pitch in baseball last year per Statcast Run Value (28), Smith struck out 103 batters (T-3rd among relievers) overall, with 81 coming via the four-seamer he threw nearly 70 percent of the time. An effective splitter (.175 BA, .228 SLG) and occasional sweeper completed Smith's arsenal, but the fastball carried his success in 2024. The 6-foot-5 righty permitted only one home run across 75.1 innings and limited free passes with an impressive 5.9 percent walk rate. Smith finished fifth in the AL Rookie of the Year standings, ninth in AL Cy Young voting and was Cleveland's most trusted reliever during the playoffs. Some ratio regression should be expected in 2025, but Smith should be on fantasy radars moving forward. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2025.
Collects win after blown save
Smith (7-5) blew the save but picked up the win Tuesday, striking out two and giving up a solo home run in the ninth inning of a 7-5 extra-inning victory over the Tigers.
Analysis
Called in to protect a 3-2 lead, Smith instead served up a game-tying homer to Kerry Carpenter, only for the Cleveland offense to erupt for four runs in the top of the 10th. It's the right-hander's first blown save since Aug. 22, ending a streak of eight straight successful conversions, and since taking over the closer role in late July he's posted a 3.38 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and eye-popping 33:2 K:BB in 24 innings while securing 12 of 16 save chances.
Called in to protect a 3-2 lead, Smith instead served up a game-tying homer to Kerry Carpenter, only for the Cleveland offense to erupt for four runs in the top of the 10th. It's the right-hander's first blown save since Aug. 22, ending a streak of eight straight successful conversions, and since taking over the closer role in late July he's posted a 3.38 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and eye-popping 33:2 K:BB in 24 innings while securing 12 of 16 save chances.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
15
Last 5 Games
15
How many pitches does Cade Smith generally throw?
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What part of the game does Cade Smith generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-28%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-32%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .167 | 106 | 19 | 42 | 3 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .231 | 95 | 17 | 64 | 2 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .169 | 52 | 9 | 21 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .250 | 46 | 10 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .165 | 54 | 10 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .213 | 49 | 7 | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-31%
ERA at Home
2025
-54%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 2.03 | 0.82 | 71.0 | 12.3 | 2.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 2.96 | 1.15 | 73.0 | 12.8 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2025Home | 1.95 | 0.77 | 32.1 | 12.5 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.21 | 1.35 | 36.1 | 13.1 | 3.2 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.09 | 0.85 | 38.2 | 12.1 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2024Away | 1.72 | 0.95 | 36.2 | 12.5 | 1.7 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Cade Smith compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
5.16K/9
12.8BB/9
2.5HR/9
0.5Fastball
96.4 mphERA
3.15WHIP
1.08BABIP
.348GB/FB
1.15Left On Base
62.9%Exit Velocity
81.9 mphBarrels/BBE
2.1%Spin Rate
1973 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.5%Swinging Strike
16.0%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Notches 15th save
Smith pitched a scoreless frame while allowing two hits and no walks to collect the save in Sunday's 3-2 win over the White Sox. He struck out two.
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Breezes to 14th save
Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless ninth inning to secure the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the White Sox.
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Nails down 13th save
Smith struck out two in a clean ninth inning for the save Thursday against the Royals.
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Picks up 12th save
Smith secured his 12th save of the season with a scoreless inning Tuesday, allowing one hit while striking out two in a 2-0 win over the Royals.
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Up to 11 saves
Smith earned the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Rays, striking out three in a perfect ninth inning.
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Likely to remain in Cleveland
Smith is a candidate to be traded but would be "prohibitively expensive," Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN.com report.
Analysis
Smith has four more years of team control after this season, so the Guardians are certainly in no rush to move him, but they could consider it if the right offer came along. McDaniel and Passan list the odds of a Smith trade at 20 percent, with the Dodgers, Phillies, Yankees, Mets, Cubs, Tigers and Rangers representing possible landing spots.
Smith has four more years of team control after this season, so the Guardians are certainly in no rush to move him, but they could consider it if the right offer came along. McDaniel and Passan list the odds of a Smith trade at 20 percent, with the Dodgers, Phillies, Yankees, Mets, Cubs, Tigers and Rangers representing possible landing spots.