2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
1.20
WHIP
1.13
K
19
SV
3
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
Works eighth inning
Smith allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two over a scoreless eighth inning in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Twins.
ANALYSIS
Smith has operated as a fill-in closer while Emmanuel Clase worked on the demons that plagued him early in 2025. Clase followed Smith to pitch the ninth inning of a 1-1 game, which indicates the former is still a trusted late-game arm and in the closer mix.
Smith has operated as a fill-in closer while Emmanuel Clase worked on the demons that plagued him early in 2025. Clase followed Smith to pitch the ninth inning of a 1-1 game, which indicates the former is still a trusted late-game arm and in the closer mix.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
16
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
14
How many pitches does Cade Smith generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Cade Smith generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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7th
8th
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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
-53%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .159 | 64 | 13 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .222 | 58 | 10 | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .125 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .267 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 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
-2%
ERA at Home
2025
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 1.77 | 0.88 | 45.2 | 12.2 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 1.81 | 1.01 | 44.2 | 12.1 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 5.1 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.25 | 1.25 | 8.0 | 10.1 | 2.3 | ||||
| 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
3.17K/9
11.4BB/9
3.6HR/9
0.0Fastball
95.8 mphERA
1.20WHIP
1.13BABIP
.321GB/FB
1.18Left On Base
76.5%Exit Velocity
83.8 mphBarrels/BBE
3.0%Spin Rate
1945 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
22.4%Swinging Strike
14.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Collects third save
Smith recorded his third save of the season in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Red Sox, giving up a hit and a walk in a scoreless ninth inning. He struck out one batter.
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Picks up second save
Smith threw a perfect inning and earned a save against the Yankees on Tuesday.
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Called upon for first save
Smith collected the save in Monday's 6-4 victory over the Yankees, pitching a scoreless inning while allowing one hit and no walks. He struck out two.
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Earns fifth hold
Smith struck out two in a scoreless inning to earn a hold during Saturday's 6-3 win over Kansas City.
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Picks up sixth win
Smith (6-1) struck out three over 1.2 perfect innings to earn the win Friday over the Orioles.
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