Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Jake Bennett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	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	# 115	‐
VBR	# 358	# 913

Projections

Strikeouts	33	5
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	3.85
WHIP	1.35	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	53.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.35	‐

WHIP	0.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	5.3

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	4

Earned Runs	21	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	33	5

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.30	3.85

WHIP	1.35	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Jake Bennett earned the win Friday against the Angels after allowing two runs on five hits over 7.2 innings. He struck out six and threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes in his longest outing of the season. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Jake Bennett earned the win Saturday against the Yankees after allowing one run on three hits and two walks over 6.1 innings. He struck out three while throwing 59 of his 87 pitches for strikes in Boston’s 4-1 victory. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL			vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Jake Bennett (2026)

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