Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Keegan Akin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	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	# 298	‐
VBR	‐	# 557

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	16
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.15
WHIP	‐	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 293	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	1

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	25.1	4.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	4

Earned Runs	16	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	17	4

Walks	9	2

ERA	5.68	4.15

WHIP	1.46	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	9

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	14.9

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	13

Earned Runs	‐	7

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	16

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.15

WHIP	‐	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz told reporters that Keegan Akin underwent Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	AJ Smith-Shawver was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin has undergone left elbow reconstruction surgery. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	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
	The Orioles transferred RHP Keegan Akin to the 60-day injured list with elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Orioles left-hander Keegan Akin (elbow) is scheduled to be evaluated by elbow specialist Dr. Keith Meister the week of July 13. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Keegan Akin is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	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
	Keegan Akin SP,RP - BAL			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Keegan Akin (2026)

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