Who Should I Trade?

Bradgley Rodriguez for Cade Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Bradgley Rodriguez SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	# 311
VBR	# 130	# 460

Projections

Strikeouts	33	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.83	3.95
WHIP	1.08	1.38

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	# 281

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 324

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Bradgley Rodriguez SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	40

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	46.1	43.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	29	0

Blown Saves	3	4

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	38	33

Earned Runs	14	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	66	42

Walks	11	15

ERA	2.72	2.09

WHIP	1.06	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Bradgley Rodriguez SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.5	22.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	19	20

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	33	21

Walks	7	10

ERA	2.83	3.95

WHIP	1.08	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Bradgley Rodriguez SP,RP - SD
News
	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	The Padres have recalled right-hander Bradgley Rodriguez from Triple-A El Paso. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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 Padres optioned Bradgley Rodriguez to the Arizona Complex League. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	The Padres named Bradgley Rodriguez their starter on Tuesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th
	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	Bradgley Rodriguez will start for the Padres on Wednesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th
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			Bradgley Rodriguez SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Bradgley Rodriguez for Cade Smith (2026)

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