Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 262	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	58	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.33	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	117.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	118	‐

Earned Runs	52	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	105	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	62.9	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	59	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	58	‐

Walks	23	‐

ERA	4.33	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out six over six innings in Monday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th
	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Shane Baz (2026)

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