Head to head · 2026 pitching

Bryan Abreu vs Cade Smith

In 2026 Cade Smith has been worth 2.2 more wins. Both lines are computed from play-by-play on the same constants, so they are measured the same way rather than quoted from two sources.

Two of the 8 most valuable relievers of 2025 by dbWAR.

Bryan Abreu HOU

Cade Smith CLE

2026 season

2026 pitching. The stronger figure in each row is highlighted — for ERA, FIP, WHIP and walks that is the lower one.
Statistic	Bryan Abreu	Cade Smith
G	66	69
GS	0	0
IP	62.2	74.0
W	6	6
SO	80	107
ERA	3.73	1.95
FIP	4.62	2.18
WHIP	1.36	0.96
K/9	11.5	13.0
BB/9	5.9	2.8
FIP−	110	52
WAR	0.0	2.2

Postseason

Box-score figures only: October is kept out of the season constants, so there is no wOBA, FIP or dbWAR for it.

Every published postseason, pitching, summed with the rates recomputed from the counts.
Statistic	Bryan Abreu	Cade Smith
G	23	21
GS	0	0
IP	25.1	24.2
W	0	2
SV	0	2
SO	42	34
BB	10	6
ERA	2.49	2.55
WHIP	0.91	0.61
K/9	14.9	12.4
BB/9	3.6	2.2

Career

Totalled over the seasons published here, which is not the same as a whole career: a player who debuted before 2005 begins at 2005, not at his real first game.

Career pitching totals. ERA, WHIP and the per-nine rates are recomputed from the components rather than averaged; FIP needs each season’s own constant and is left to the season table.
Statistic	Bryan Abreu	Cade Smith
G	383	219
GS	0	0
IP	392.1	223.0
W	22	20
L	16	7
SV	25	58
SO	528	314
BB	189	59
ERA	2.82	2.26
WHIP	1.20	0.96
K/9	12.1	12.7
BB/9	4.3	2.4
HR/9	0.8	0.4
WAR	6.6	7.4

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More head to heads

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How these are computed

FIP uses the constant solved from this season’s own runs, and FIP− is park-adjusted against the same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page. To put these two beside a third, the comparison page takes up to four.