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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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

Cade shrugged off the five days of roster limbo, but Tim described the lack of clarity as “nerve-racking.” The Smith family booked flights to Oakland, too, but Tim didn’t gain clearance to ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cade Smith and the Guardians bullpen have been so consistently good this season that Saturday’s dominant performance against Detroit in Game 1 of the American League Division ...

CLEVELAND — For five days, Cade Smith sat in limbo. The week of Opening Day, the Cleveland Guardians had settled all but one roster spot. The front office weighed whether to fill the vacancy ...