Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Shane Bieber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 137	‐
VBR	# 290	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	44	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.26	‐
WHIP	1.29	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 190	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 161	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 156	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 390	‐

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


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	5.74	‐

WHIP	1.63	‐

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


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	51.4	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	51	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.26	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Shane Bieber allowed four earned runs on one hit and six walks over 2/3 of an innings in Tuesday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber pitched seven innings of one-run ball while picking up the win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	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 Bieber allowed three hits and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Shane Bieber allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Blue Jays right-hander Shane Bieber allowed seven earned runs across four innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Bieber SP - TOR			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#255	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#255
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Shane Bieber (2026)

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