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Cade Smith or David Bednar

Who Should I Start? - Week 2 • Start New
Cade Smith

Cade Smith

RPCleveland Guardians CLE
David Bednar

David Bednar

RPPittsburgh Pirates PIT
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Bednar

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Cade Smith
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Bednar over Smith

 
 
 
 
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Latest News David Bednar
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Performance Cade Smith
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-020201.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-020201.002
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance David Bednar
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
18.000-201112.001
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
18.000-201112.001
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Cade Smith
OWN
47%
+3.62 compared to last week
START
43%
+11.76 compared to last week
OWN/START David Bednar
OWN
81%
-7.88 compared to last week
START
76%
-3.2 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Cade Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus David Bednar
23rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Cade Smith

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 79th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Robert Suarez
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • He is among the best in holds and is currently ranked 10th with 2
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.5, ERA: EVEN, K's: -3, Walks: -1
Breakdown David Bednar

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 24th among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 180th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Robert Suarez
  • Can't be doing much worse than he is right now. Failing to live up to expectations is one thing, but playing this bad is another.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 15 in saves and is currently ranked 13th with 1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -1, L: +1, WHIP: +4.5, ERA: +22.5, K's: -2, Walks: +2
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up Health Check
Injury Cade Smith

No Injury Reported

Injury David Bednar

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Cade Smith
DateOpponentResult
Mar 31@SDKyle Hart
Apr 01@SDMichael King
Apr 02@SDDylan Cease
Apr 04@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 05@LAAJack Kochanowicz
Apr 06@LAAIan Anderson
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups David Bednar
DateOpponentResult
Mar 31@TBDrew Rasmussen
Apr 01@TBShane Baz
Apr 02@TBRyan Pepiot
Apr 04VS NYYMax Fried
Apr 05VS NYYMarcus Stroman
Apr 06VS NYYWill Warren
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Cade Smith
13.77
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating David Bednar
15.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Cade Smith
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2024 CLE 83 71.1 1318 119 19 1 7-1 2.52 1.05 15 267
2025 CLE 2 2.0 30 2 0 0 0-0 0 1 9 5
3-YEAR AVG 83 71 1318 119 19 1 7-1 2.52 1.05 15 267
Career 85 73.1 1348 121 19 0 0-0 2.45 1.05 14.9
Career David Bednar
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 SD 13 11.0 196 14 5 0 0-2 6.55 1.36 11.5 14
2020 SD 4 6.1 118 5 2 0 0-0 7.11 2.05 7.1 6
2021 PIT 60 61.0 918 74 19 2 3-1 2.21 0.97 10.9 169
2022 PIT 44 52.2 825 69 16 19 3-4 2.91 1.08 11.8 215
2023 PIT 66 65.0 1105 80 21 39 3-3 2.08 1.12 11.1 358
2024 PIT 62 55.1 1023 58 28 23 3-8 5.86 1.46 9.4 187
2025 PIT 3 1.0 34 1 2 1 0-2 27 6 9 -8
3-YEAR AVG 57 56 984 69 22 27 3-5 3.63 1.25 10.9 253
Career 252 245.1 4219 301 93 0 0-0 3.63 1.24 11
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