Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Cade Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 145	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	13	‐
ERA	2.88	‐
WHIP	1.09	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	12.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	28	2

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	38	16

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	65	8

Walks	11	6

ERA	2.78	6.39

WHIP	1.08	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	13	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	2.88	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	The Brewers transferred Angel Zerpa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	Angel Zerpa underwent his elbow reconstruction surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Angel Zerpa will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Angel Zerpa is deciding whether or not to have Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said there is significant concern about Angel Zerpa’s left forearm tightness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Angel Zerpa RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#342	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Zerpa for Cade Smith (2026)

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