Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Cristopher Sanchez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	‐
VBR	# 43	# 523

Projections

Strikeouts	63	19
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.00	4.34
WHIP	1.17	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 2	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	1

Games Started	23	1

Innings Pitched	144.2	4.1

Wins	14	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	141	4

Earned Runs	43	2

Home Runs Allowed	12	0

Strikeouts	168	4

Walks	33	2

ERA	2.68	4.15

WHIP	1.20	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	60.2	18.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	17

Earned Runs	20	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	63	19

Walks	14	8

ERA	3.00	4.34

WHIP	1.17	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed just two hits and issued five walks while racking up 11 strikeouts over six shutout innings in Saturday's 5-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 2nd	AJ Smith-Shawver was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six innings in Sunday's 11-4 win against the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 27th	AJ Smith-Shawver gave up two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out seven across 5 1/3 innings in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	The Braves activated AJ Smith-Shawver from the 15-day injured list and will make the 27th-man for Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Cristopher Sanchez has been announced as the starter for the National League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered two runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Saturday's 4-2 win against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Cristopher Sanchez (2026)

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