Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Cade Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 170	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	27	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	2.86	7.89
WHIP	1.12	0.88

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	50.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	30	‐

Blown Saves	4	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	70	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	2.52	‐

WHIP	1.08	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.9	0.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	27	1

Walks	6	0

ERA	2.86	7.89

WHIP	1.12	0.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning to preserve a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	The Athletics selected the contract of Ben Bowden. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	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
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#141	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#140	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#289	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Cade Smith (2026)

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