Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Matt Shaw (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 1163	‐

Projections

Runs	4	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	4	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.238	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	# 218

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	# 226

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 308	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 259	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	130	22

Runs	20	2

Hits	32	1

Singles	20	0

Doubles	6	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	20	2

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	5

Strikeouts	27	7

Batting Average	.246	.046

On Base Pct	.322	.214

Slugging Pct	.415	.091

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	.305

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	34	‐

Runs	4	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	1	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	4	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.238	‐

On Base Pct	.308	‐

Slugging Pct	.389	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.697	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Addison Barger underwent elbow surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Matt Shaw is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger will undergo right elbow surgery. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said on Tuesday that Matt Shaw recently underwent imaging, which showed "significant healing." Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	The Blue Jays transferred Addison Barger to the 60-day IL. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Matt Shaw will not return before the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Addison Barger still has not been cleared to resume baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Matt Shaw (wrist) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Addison Barger is rehabbing through the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC			Addison Barger 3B,LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#327
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#286	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#234	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#420	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#358
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#160
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#190	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#284	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Addison Barger for Matt Shaw (2026)

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