Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 545	# 667

Projections

Strikeouts	27	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.21
WHIP	1.39	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 174	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 348	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	8

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	12.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	12	10

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	10

Walks	9	3

ERA	10.80	3.00

WHIP	2.52	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	28.2	11.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	11

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	27	10

Walks	12	5

ERA	4.34	4.21

WHIP	1.39	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	Shane Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Shane Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd
	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th
	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Smith SP - CWS			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

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Blade Tidwell for Shane Smith (2026)

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