Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Jake Irvin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 258	‐
VBR	# 565	# 888

Projections

Strikeouts	31	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.83	3.74
WHIP	1.41	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 182	‐

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


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	51.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	5.05	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	38.1	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	4

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	31	5

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.83	3.74

WHIP	1.41	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Irvin SP - WSH	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Jake Irvin will begin a rehab assignment on Monday in the Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Nationals transferred RHP Jake Irvin from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Nationals right-hander Jake Irvin (shoulder) faced live hitters for the first time on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Jake Irvin is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Jake Irvin will throw a bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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 Irvin SP - WSH			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Jake Irvin (2026)

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