Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 527	# 913

Projections

Strikeouts	32	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	3.85
WHIP	1.42	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	22.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.03	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	5

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	42.8	5.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	4

Earned Runs	21	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	32	5

Walks	15	2

ERA	4.52	3.85

WHIP	1.42	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Hunter Dobbins to start Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Hunter Dobbins will start for the Cardinals on Thursday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol told reporters Hunter Dobbins is being moved into the rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	The Braves placed RHP AJ Smith-Shawver on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

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