Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Cade Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 141	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	31	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	12	‐
ERA	2.85	‐
WHIP	1.09	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 282

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	25.1

Wins	3	4

Losses	1	1

Saves	29	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	40	15

Earned Runs	14	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	67	18

Walks	11	12

ERA	2.63	2.84

WHIP	1.06	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.6	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	12	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	18	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	2.85	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
News
	Cade Smith struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Brant Hurter threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Tigers left-hander Brant Hurter (spine) threw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Brant Hurter began a throwing progression on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 24th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Brant Hurter was transferred to the 60-day IL in a series of moves by the Tigers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th
	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	The Tigers placed LHP Brant Hurter on the 15-day injured list with lumbar spine inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Cade Smith (2026)

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