Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for David Peterson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 144	‐
VBR	# 299	# 885

Projections

Strikeouts	47	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.02
WHIP	1.43	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 138	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	89.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	101	‐

Earned Runs	59	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	74	‐

Walks	38	‐

ERA	5.97	‐

WHIP	1.56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	56.5	5.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	5

Earned Runs	26	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	47	6

Walks	22	2

ERA	4.12	4.02

WHIP	1.43	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	David Peterson allowed three hits and one walk with four strikeouts across 6.2 scoreless innings in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	David Peterson allowed one run on two hits and four walks while striking out four across five innings in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	David Peterson allowed 10 earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out three across 3.2 innings in Friday's 17-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	David Peterson gave up two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out two batters across 5.2 innings in Saturday's 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	David Peterson will make his Cubs debut on Saturday against the Brewers. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 26th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for David Peterson (2026)

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