Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Abbott for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 119	# 123
VBR	# 486	# 239

Projections

Strikeouts	19	23
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	4.18
WHIP	1.39	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	# 139

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	# 134

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 91	# 104

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	# 89

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	27

Games Started	28	27

Innings Pitched	148.1	157.0

Wins	6	5

Losses	10	14

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	143	156

Earned Runs	73	69

Home Runs Allowed	21	11

Strikeouts	115	139

Walks	70	55

ERA	4.43	3.96

WHIP	1.44	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	4	4

Innings Pitched	23.1	25.3

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	23

Earned Runs	12	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	19	23

Walks	9	9

ERA	4.59	4.18

WHIP	1.39	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Andrew Abbott allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Saturday's loss to the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 30th
	Andrew Abbott allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th
	Andrew Abbott allowed five earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th
	Andrew Abbott allowed three earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 6 2/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th
	Andrew Abbott will start on Thursday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Abbott SP - CIN			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#128	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#232	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#109	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#31
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#387	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#114	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#176
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#51	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#280	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#231
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#137
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#162	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#108	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#149	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#298	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#226	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#272
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#266	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#322
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#191	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#255	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#198
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#164	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#184
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#197	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#399
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#55	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#361
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#238	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#39	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#187
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#393	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#156
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#274	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#142
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#186
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#25	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#151	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#425	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#240
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#134	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#203	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#121
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#96
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#99	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#68	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#192
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#148	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#294	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#40
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#50
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#302	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#92
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#79
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#112
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#27	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#261
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#59	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#420
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#356
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#73
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#63
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#107	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#45	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#165
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#7
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#254
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#215
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#139
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#76
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Abbott for Shane Baz (2026)

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