CLEVELAND, Ohio — Manager Stephen Vogt isn’t ready to say if Cade Smith is going to be the Guardians’ closer in 2026 now that Emmanuel Clase has been indicted in an alleged pitch-fixing scam.

“I can’t answer that right now,” said Vogt when asked about Smith’s status on Friday. “I don’t know what’s going to happen between now and spring training.

“All I know is I’ll trust Cade Smith to take a baseball in his hand and go out on that mound and get three outs whenever we need him to.”

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Still, logic says that’s the way this will unfold.

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