CADE JARED BENJAMIN SMITH...Wife, Elizabeth... Drafted out of Mennonite Educational Institute school by Minnesota in 2017, opting to attend the University of Hawaii...Signed by Cleveland in 2020 after five round draft... Three year record at Hawaii was 4-4 with a 4.54 ERA in 34 games/15GS (117.0IP, 127H, 59ER, 113SO)...Pitched for the Canadian U18 Junior National Team in the 2017 U18 Baseball World Cup Championship... Hails from Vancouver area...Lettered three seasons in volleyball and basketball, lettered one season of track and field... Earned the Jenny Matsuda award for the top GPA among male student-athletes at Hawaii... Favorite baseball memory is the U18 Team Canada stint in the Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay, Ontario...Grew up a Blue Jays fans, father is from Mississauga...Favorite players growing up were Albert Pujols and Roy Halladay... Lists the most challenging aspect of playing in Canada as all the indoor practices...Enjoys kayaking and hiking.
2023
Added to the 40-man roster on Nov. 14 (ranked 26th-best prospect in player development system according to MLB.com and Baseball America)...Opened the year with Akron before being promoted to Columbus on June 6. Posted a combined 5-3 record with a 4.02 ERA (28ER/62.2IP) across 47 relief outings in 2023…Recorded a 2.86 ERA (7ER/22.0IP) with 13 saves in 13 opportunities for AA Akron before being promoted to AAA Columbus. Has led the player development system in saves the past two seasons with 15 in 2023 and 13 in 2022…Led the organization in relief strikeouts (95) and posted the third-highest SO/9 in the player development system (13.64)...Owns a career SO per 9.0 IP of 14.12 (262K/167.0IP), compared to 8.7 in college. Five of his 15 saves needed more than three outs…16 of his 30 outings for Columbus were 1.1-or-more innings pitched, eight of which were 2.0 IP...Competed in the WBC, representing Team Canada based out of Phoenix and gave up two earned runs in 1.0 IP across two outings.
2022
Split season between High-A Lake County and AA Akron, opening season at LC before a June 21 promotion to Akron... Combined on the year went 4-2 with 13 saves and a 2.93 ERA in 44 relief outings (61.IP, 38H, 20ER, HR, 35BB, 99SO, 14.5 K/9, .178 average)…Led org. pitchers in saves (13), was second in relief SO (99) and was T5th in games... Worked at least 2.0IP in 12 outings…Fanned six in 2.1IP on Aug. 23 vs. AA Richmond…Did not allow a run at Akron over 12.1 consecutive innings, Aug. 12-Sept. 2... Owns a career SO per 9.0 IP of 14.4 (167K/104.1IP), compared to 8.7 in college…For the year, left-handed hitters hit just .111 (9-for-81) off him…Batters hit .164 (10-for-61) with RISP and .175 (18-for-103) w/runners on… Allowed just eight 2B and one HR on the season (.229 slg all’d)... Appeared in six games for Peoria in the Az. Fall League after the season (4.26ERA, 6.1IP, 6H, 3ER, 5BB, 11SO).
