Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Michael Wacha (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	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	# 113	‐
VBR	# 273	# 885

Projections

Strikeouts	54	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.02
WHIP	1.32	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 96	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	125.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	111	‐

Earned Runs	51	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	101	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	3.66	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	67.4	5.9

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	5

Earned Runs	33	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	54	6

Walks	20	3

ERA	4.36	4.02

WHIP	1.32	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Wacha SP - KC	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's win over the Giants. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis 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
	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 7.2 innings in Saturday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 28th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Braves placed RHP AJ Smith-Shawver on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Wacha SP - KC			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Mar 31st				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Michael Wacha (2026)

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