Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Kyle Freeland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	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	# 980	# 557

Projections

Strikeouts	40	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.25	4.15
WHIP	1.47	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 353	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	99.1	4.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	10	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	133	4

Earned Runs	81	2

Home Runs Allowed	21	0

Strikeouts	85	4

Walks	21	2

ERA	7.34	4.15

WHIP	1.55	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	53.0	14.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	13

Earned Runs	31	7

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	40	16

Walks	14	6

ERA	5.25	4.15

WHIP	1.47	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Kyle Freeland allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	AJ Smith-Shawver was sent back to Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th
	Kyle Freeland allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Kyle Freeland allowed four earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over six innings in a loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Kyle Freeland allowed six earned runs on nine hits while striking out two over five innings in Monday’s loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Kyle Freeland allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Kyle Freeland SP - COL			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#238	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Apr 25th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#413	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews	#218	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Kyle Freeland (2026)

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