Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 29	# 737

Projections

Strikeouts	83	10
Wins	5	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.91	4.27
WHIP	1.11	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	115.1	12.0

Wins	9	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	96	10

Earned Runs	47	4

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	138	10

Walks	26	3

ERA	3.67	3.00

WHIP	1.06	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	70.5	11.5

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	11

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	83	10

Walks	18	5

ERA	2.91	4.27

WHIP	1.11	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Paul Skenes (2026)

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