June 16, 2026
Guardians closer Cade Smith just wrapped up a dominant month of May with a 1.32 ERA while recording a team-record 13 saves.
Here’s the list of the most saves in a calendar month for Cleveland:
The Guardians took down the Red Sox on Friday night allowing Cade Smith to pick up his 20th save of the season.
He’s tied for the fourth fastest in team history to reach 20 saves:
The Guardians lost 1-0 to the Cubs in 10 innings on Thursday night, just the team’s seventh 1-0 loss in extra innings over the last 50 years:
In 2023, Emmanuel Clase tied for the franchise record for saves before the All-Star Game. This year he’s broken it, picking up his 26th save on Saturday against the Giants.
The pre-All-Star-Game saves leaderboard:
Emmanuel Clase’s 44 saves in 2023 were the fourth most in franchise history and also made him the first person in franchise history with multiple 40-save seasons.
Most saves in franchise history:
Emmanuel Clase, who was named to the All-Star team for the second consecutive year, matched Joe Borowski‘s team record for saves in the first half with 25.
The list:
Bryan Shaw is the oldest pitcher to make his first career start for Cleveland since Doug Jones (also 34) in 1991.
Jones, an All-Star from 1988-90, was awful in 1991. So he was demoted to AAA, turned into a starter and returned in September.
Jones threw 8 2/3 innings against Milwaukee in his debut as a starter, picking up the win. Then he struck out 13 Tigers in 8 innings in his second outing.
He made 2 more starts, going 3-1 overall with a 3.77 ERA before he returned to closer duties in his final outing of the year.
He signed with Houston that offseason and returned to All-Star closer form.
