Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	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	# 296	‐
VBR	# 441	# 913

Projections

Strikeouts	41	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.04	3.85
WHIP	1.35	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	22.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	10.23	‐

WHIP	1.73	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	5.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	4

Earned Runs	26	2

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	41	5

Walks	15	2

ERA	5.04	3.85

WHIP	1.35	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Max Scherzer told reporters he will make a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Max Scherzer (2026)

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