Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Cade Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 139	# 450

Projections

Strikeouts	32	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	12	0
ERA	2.86	3.66
WHIP	1.08	1.25

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	# 17	# 362

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	4.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	29	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	40	3

Earned Runs	14	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	67	5

Walks	11	5

ERA	2.63	6.23

WHIP	1.06	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.5	20.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	19	17

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	32	22

Walks	7	8

ERA	2.86	3.66

WHIP	1.08	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
News
	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	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Bennett Sousa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Cade Smith (2026)

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