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Guardians Staff Confident Cade Smith Will Recover Following Early-Season Issues

Cleveland Cavaliers On SI·Cade Cracas·about 2 months ago
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Cade Smith hasn't quite looked like the player he was in 2025, or even 2024. "Cade is a little erratic," Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said back in early April. "It's not the pinpoint command and control that we're used to seeing from Cade. His stuff is still moving forward really well. The fastball is still one of the best pitches in baseball. Just the command and the control right now are a little bit off. "He's aware of it. We're aware of it. And he's working every day to get it back." At his peak, Smith was lighting up hitters, posting a sub-1.00 WHIP and earning recognition from his advanced metrics as one of the game’s most dominant late-game pitchers. But to begin the new campaign, he hasn't looked too sharp. Across 10 innings pitched, which is a team-high for bullpen arms, he has a 4.50 ERA and 1.40 WHIP with a .268 batting average against.…

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