Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 265	# 872

Projections

Strikeouts	57	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.02
WHIP	1.35	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	117.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	118	‐

Earned Runs	52	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	105	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	61.4	5.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	5

Earned Runs	30	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	57	6

Walks	22	2

ERA	4.33	4.02

WHIP	1.35	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out six over six innings in Monday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 86 pitches over four innings for Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ NYY
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 (7-4)	#210
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 (7-8)	#64
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 (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Shane Baz (2026)

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