A Major League Baseball pitcher who has emerged as one of the league s most reliable arms out of the bullpen in the last two ...

Cade Smith aspired to become an eye surgeon before baseball became his career path. Now he's handling pressure-packed ...

"Smith leads the Guardians with three saves during Clase's leave," Ulrich writes, "and Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt ...

The Guardians are flirting with the MLB Postseason, and odd circumstance have made one player more critical than the rest ...

When the Cleveland Guardians learned that Emmanuel Clase would be placed on administrative leave amid an MLB investigation, Stephen Vogt initially said the team would go "closer by committee" instead ...

Smith allowed one run on a hit and a walk while striking out two over one inning to earn the save in Monday's 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks. Smith entered Monday on a 10-inning scoreless streak, but ...

Smith recorded the final out Thursday to earn the save in a 9-4 win over the Marlins.

The difference between pitching in the seventh inning and closing out a baseball game in the ninth might seem negligible on paper – three outs are still three outs. But Guardians manager Stephen Vogt ...

Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt discusses relief pitcher Cade Smith and what it takes to be a closer in MLB.

The Cleveland Guardians have a perennially good bullpen. Their relief corps has ranked among the best in the league for several years now, leading the way in 2024 as the best in baseball.

However, Smith has a higher WAR (2.7) than Gil (2.2), the only other pitcher on this list. Not to mention, this was the highest WAR out of Cleveland's bullpen, which includes Emmanuel Clase, a Cy ...