Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 125	# 123
VBR	# 316	# 289

Projections

Strikeouts	23	28
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.27
WHIP	1.29	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	# 139

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 108	# 89

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 88	# 104

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 117	# 134

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	26

Games Started	20	26

Innings Pitched	108.1	151.1

Wins	7	4

Losses	4	14

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	151

Earned Runs	54	67

Home Runs Allowed	18	11

Strikeouts	74	135

Walks	29	52

ERA	4.49	3.98

WHIP	1.26	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	5

Innings Pitched	28.7	30.7

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	29

Earned Runs	15	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	23	28

Walks	7	11

ERA	4.62	4.27

WHIP	1.29	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Padres. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Monday's 4-2 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 18th	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
	Bailey Ober allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Orioles. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Bailey Ober allowed three earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out zero over six innings in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 31st	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bailey Ober SP - MIN			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#345
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Mar 31st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jun 17th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Shane Baz (2026)

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