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TEX
CIN
o8.5
+1.5
6:40PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
NYM
MIA
o8
+1.5
6:40PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
ARI
NYY
o8.5
+1.5
7:05PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
PIT
TB
o9
-1.5
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WSH
TOR
o8.5
-1.5
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MIN
CHW
o7.5
+1.5
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KC
MIL
o8.5
-1.5
7:40PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
LAA
STL
o8.5
-1.5
7:45PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
SF
HOU
o8
+1.5
8:10PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
CLE
SD
o7.5
-1.5
9:40PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
DET
SEA
o7
-1.5
9:40PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
CHC
ATH
o8
+1.5
10:05PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED
ATL
LAD
o7.5
-1.5
10:10PM • PREVIEW SCHEDULED

Kirby Yates or Cade Smith

Who Should I Start? - Week 2 • Start New
Kirby Yates

Kirby Yates

RP • Los Angeles Dodgers LAD
Cade Smith

Cade Smith

RP • Cleveland Guardians CLE
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Yates over Smith

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Smith over Yates

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Kirby Yates
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-000500.002
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.000-010700.333
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Kirby Yates
OWN
73%
+3.15 compared to last week
START
71%
+7.64 compared to last week
OWN/START Cade Smith
OWN
47%
+4.47 compared to last week
START
43%
+11.41 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Kirby Yates
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Cade Smith
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Kirby Yates

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Drew Rasmussen

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 50 in holds and is currently ranked 36th with 1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.17, ERA: EVEN, K's: +6, Walks: EVEN
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 95th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Drew Rasmussen

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • He is among the best in holds and is currently ranked 9th with 2
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: EVEN, WHIP: +0.355, ERA: EVEN, K's: -6, Walks: -2
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Kirby Yates

No Injury Reported

Injury Cade Smith

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Kirby Yates
DateOpponentResult
Apr 01VS ATLChris Sale
Apr 02VS ATLBryce Elder
Apr 04@PHIJesus Luzardo
Apr 05@PHIAaron Nola
Apr 06@PHICristopher Sanchez
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Cade Smith
DateOpponentResult
Apr 01@SDMichael King
Apr 02@SDDylan Cease
Apr 04@LAAJose Soriano
Apr 05@LAAJack Kochanowicz
Apr 06@LAAIan Anderson
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Kirby Yates
14.28
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Cade Smith
13.73
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Kirby Yates
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2014 TB 35 30.0 672 40 15 1 0-2 4.5 1.57 12 78
2015 TB 20 18.0 408 21 7 0 1-0 9 1.67 10.5 33
2016 NYY 41 36.2 800 50 19 0 2-1 5.89 1.64 12.3 87
2017 SD 62 52.0 965 88 19 1 4-5 4.33 1.21 15.2 168
2018 SD 65 60.2 1047 90 17 12 5-3 2.23 0.96 13.4 276
2019 SD 60 60.2 1021 101 13 41 0-5 1.19 0.89 15 465
2020 SD 6 4.1 101 8 4 2 0-1 12.46 2.54 16.6 16
2022 ATL 9 9.0 137 6 5 0 0-0 4 1.22 6 11
2023 ATL 62 59.0 1085 82 38 5 7-2 3.36 1.25 12.5 196
2024 TEX 60 58.1 1008 83 27 32 7-2 1.23 0.86 12.8 356
2025 LAD 3 3.0 47 7 0 0 0-0 0 0.33 21 13
ON PACE 81 81 1269 189 0 0 0-0 0 0.33 21 337
3-YEAR AVG 44 40 743 57 23 12 5-1 2.4 1.09 12.4 188
Career 423 377.2 7291 576 164 0 0-0 3.46 1.22 13.7
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
ON PACE 81 81 1215 81 0 0 0-0 0 1 9 202
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
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Matchups

Week 22
KC vs PHI
PHI vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Corbin Burnes
Will Warren
ATH vs CHC 10:05 EDT EST Luis Severino
Justin Steele
ATL @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Chris Sale
Dustin May
CHW vs MIN 07:40 EDT EST Shane Smith
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs TEX 06:40 EDT EST Carson Spiers
Nathan Eovaldi
CLE @SD 09:40 EDT EST Logan Allen
Michael King
DET @SEA 09:40 EDT EST Casey Mize
Logan Gilbert
HOU vs SF 08:10 EDT EST Hayden Wesneski
Logan Webb
KC @MIL 07:40 EDT EST Michael Lorenzen
Chad Patrick
LAA @STL 07:45 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Matthew Liberatore
MIA vs NYM 06:40 EDT EST Sandy Alcantara
Kodai Senga
PIT @TB 07:05 EDT EST Paul Skenes
Shane Baz
TOR vs WAS 07:07 EDT EST Jose Berrios
Trevor Williams
Matchup Time
ATL vs POR 7:30 PM EST
CHI vs TOR 8:00 PM EST
DEN vs MIN 10:00 PM EST
GS @MEM 8:00 PM EST
MIL vs PHO 7:30 PM EST
NY vs PHI 7:30 PM EST
ORL @SA 8:00 PM EST
Matchup Time
ANA vs SJ 10:00 PM EST
BOS vs WAS 7:00 PM EST
BUF @OTT 7:00 PM EST
CBJ vs NSH 7:00 PM EST
CGY @UTA 9:00 PM EST
DET @STL 8:00 PM EST
EDM @VGK 10:00 PM EST
FLA @MON 7:00 PM EST
LA vs WPG 10:30 PM EST
NYI vs TB 7:30 PM EST