Who Should I Trade?

Bradley Blalock for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 267	‐
VBR	# 583	# 956

Projections

Strikeouts	27	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	5.30
WHIP	1.39	1.53

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	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	8.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	10.80	‐

WHIP	2.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	9

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	28.9	10.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	11

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	27	7

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.39	5.30

WHIP	1.39	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Smith SP - CWS	Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
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 Marlins optioned RHP Bradley Blalock to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Shane Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th	Bradley Blalock said on Wednesday that he worked on his mechanics and added a sinker and a sweeper to his arsenal during the offseason. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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	Bradley Blalock has been traded from the Colorado Rockies to the Miami Marlins for minor league pitcher, Jake Brooks. Blalock was designated for assignment last week by the Rockies. David Leisering Tue, Jan 20th
	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	The Rockies designated RHP Bradley Blalock for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th
	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			Bradley Blalock SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Bradley Blalock for Shane Smith (2026)

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