Cleveland Guardians
Cade Smith has thrown 3,550 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2022 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (97mph) and Splitter (86mph), also mixing in a Slider (85mph).
In 2026, compared to other RHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast and generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers. Their splitter has dives down out of the zone, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' splitters and is slightly firmer than usual. Their slider generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' sliders, sweeps across the zone and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' sliders.