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On YouTubeCleveland Guardians News / Covering the Corner / August 24
A Dose of Truth for Guardians Fans: The Shaman Returns 
–by Mario Crescibene The shaman and I walked through the Amazon in silence, the stillness broken only by the distant call of a mochilero bird echoing from deep in the jungle.
Cleveland Guardians News / Just Baseball / August 12
Cade Smith Is Getting a Chance To Flex His Closer Muscles
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.
MLB News / Bluejaysnation / July 31
Blue Jays trade deadline target: Cade Smith
The Cleveland Guardians’ bullpen is home to one of the better relievers in MLB, who also happens to be Canadian. Cade Smith, an Abbotsford native who is in just his second big league season, has posted some great numbers through his young career as a right-hander with devastating swing-and-miss pitches.
The '50-home run MLB seasons' quiz
How many of the players to reach the 50-home run milestone in one MLB season can you name in five minutes?
MLB News / Athlon Sports / July 23
Dodgers Named Best Fit for 1.91 ERA Guardians Reliever
As the MLB trade deadline is almost a week away, the Los Angeles Dodgers are expected to scour the market for reliever help. With the plethora of injuries to the bullpen and the struggles of the veteran relievers, it's a big need.
Los Angeles Dodgers News / MLB on ClutchPoints / July 23
Dodgers rumors: Jeff Passan names best trade deadline fit
The Los Angeles Dodgers have been a mixed bag as of late but still sit with an impressive record of 59-43 more than midway through the 2025 MLB season.
Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / July 23
Insider Offers New Update On Guardians' Top Trade Candidates
The Cleveland Guardians have seemingly turned their season around over the last two weeks, winning eight of their last 10 games after losing 10 straight in the middle of June.
MLB News / Athlon Sports / July 21
Yankees Linked to New Guardians Reliever in Latest ESPN Report
If the Yankees can get creative and convince the Guardians to make a deal, it might not be the closer Emmanuel Clase that they are targeting. ESPN Insider’s
Cleveland Guardians News / MLB Trade Rumors / July 19
Guardians listening to offers on star back-end bullpen duo
The Guardians are listening to offers on their relievers, reports Jon Heyman of The New York Post. That includes a willingness to discuss their star back-end duo of Emmanuel Clase and Cade Smith, Heyman adds, though he unsurprisingly notes that the asking price is high enough that a trade of either pitcher remains a long shot.
Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / July 17
Insider Exposes Jaw-Dropping Trade Candidate for Cleveland Guardians
The MLB trade deadline is inching closer and closer, which means that the Cleveland Guardians will have some difficult decisions to make over the next couple of weeks.
Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / July 15
Report: Guardians Take Strong Stance on Two Potential Trade Chips
The Cleveland Guardians are in an interesting spot heading into the MLB trade deadline. At the All-Star Break, they're 46-49 and 4.5 games out of a Wild Card spot in the American League.
Seattle Mariners News / Seattle Mariners on SI / June 14
Seattle Mariners and Guardians Game Featured One of the Scariest Plays You'll Ever See
The Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-2 on Friday night at T-Mobile Park, earning a much-needed victory after the M's had lost eight of their previous nine games.
Takeaways From Cleveland Guardians Series Win Over Tigers
The Cleveland Guardians marched into Comerica Park and stunned the Detroit Tigers, winning three of the four games in the series. Cleveland may still be 4.0 games back in the American League Central, but their performance on the road over the weekend certainly showed they are good enough to win the division.
MLB News / Athlon Sports / May 23
Phillies Trade Idea Sends Fan-Favorite OF to Guardians For Dominant Righty Reliever
The Philadelphia Phillies entered the 2025 season with a need for a right-handed reliever. After Jordan Romanos' poor start, that number has ballooned.
MLB News / Yardbarker / May 22
Guardians prove themselves in win over division-leading Tigers
Cleveland's 7-0 win included four insurance runs in the top of the ninth inning, crushing Detroit's hope of mounting a comeback before even stepping up to the plate.
Cleveland Guardians Pitching Prospect Has Closer Potential
The Cleveland Guardians' closer role has been a hot topic to start the 2025 season. Who is Cleveland's best option to close games? Is it Cade Smith or Emmanuel Clase?
Cleveland Guardians Skipper Gets Honest About Two Relievers
The Cleveland Guardians split Tuesday's doubleheader with the Washington Nationals after disappointing performances by relief pitchers Cade Smith and Hunter Gaddis.
Cleveland Guardians News / LWOSports.com / March 21
2025 Cleveland Guardians O/U: Why the Guardians Will Hit the OVER
The 2024 Cleveland Guardians won the American League Central for the fifth time in nine seasons and had their deepest run since losing the 2016 World Series.
Cleveland Guardians News / Just Baseball / February 23
Top Notes From the Cleveland Guardians ZiPS Projections for 2025
The Cleveland Guardians comfortably won the AL Central in 2024, but this year, their hold on the division title is a long way from certain. With the Minnesota
Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / February 10
Guardians Pitcher Discusses Cleveland's Dominant Bullpen
There were numerous reasons the Cleveland Guardians won 92 games a season ago and were just a few games short of the World Series. However, one of the biggest causes of their success was the team's elite bullpen.
Cleveland Guardians News / Just Baseball / January 27
Will the Guardians’ Bullpen Be Just as Dominant in 2025?
With a run to the ALCS after reclaiming the AL Central in 2024, the biggest takeaway the Cleveland Guardians took from last season was how dominant their bullpen was.
Cleveland Guardians News / Bluejaysnation / January 16
Reliever Cade Smith takes home Special Achievement Award from Baseball Canada
On paper, Cleveland Guardians right-hander Cade Smith was one of the best relievers in all of baseball last winter. His 2.7 fWAR led all bullpen arms in 2024, besting teammate and elite closer Emmanuel Clase (2.2), a finalist for the AL Cy Young Award.
MLB News / Bluejaysnation / November 19
Three Canadian-born players with something to prove in 2025
There seems to be a wealth of Canadian talent surfacing in the Major Leagues in the last few years. Several players have become regulars, like the Naylor brothers, Tyler O’Neill, and Cade Smith, who led all relief pitchers in fWAR last season.
Cleveland Guardians News / Larry Brown Sports / November 18
Surprising player gets first-place vote for AL Rookie of the Year
A closer analysis of this year’s AL Rookie of the Year voting breakdown revealed something head-scratching.
Cleveland Guardians News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / November 7
Guardians Elite Reliever Shares What Made Bullpen So Dominant
Cade Smith appeared on MLB Radio to recap his 2024 rookie season and the dominant year from the Cleveland Guardians' bullpen. This group was undeniably the best reliever core in baseball throughout the regular season and into the playoffs.
MLB News / Yardbarker / October 20
Did overconfidence sink Guardians' bullpen, ALCS hopes?
The Guardians relievers collapsed spectacularly in the ALCS — unraveling at the worst possible moment against the New York Yankees. The result was a 4-1 series loss.
Cleveland Guardians News / Yardbarker / October 12
Guardians reliever Cade Smith was breakout star of ALDS
The Guardians' secret weapon is having his coming out party as Cleveland advanced to the ALCS.
Cleveland Guardians News / Last Word On Sports / August 8, 2024
Guardians Key Reliever Making Rookie Of The Year Push
Now that about 70 percent of the MLB season is underway, it’s time to start talking about Rookie of the Year contenders. One of the best relievers in MLB currently is Cade Smith from the Cleveland Guardians.
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