Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Cade Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 164	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	2.84	4.27
WHIP	1.09	1.42

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	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	6.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	29	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	7

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	67	5

Walks	11	3

ERA	2.63	1.35

WHIP	1.06	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.5	1.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	29	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	2.84	4.27

WHIP	1.09	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
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	Brewers left-hander Brian Fitzpatrick has undergone Tommy John surgery, according to manager Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	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 Brewers transferred LHP Brian Fitzpatrick to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Brian Fitzpatrick has a partial UCL sprain and will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Brian Fitzpatrick will head for a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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 Brewers placed LHP Brian Fitzpatrick on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Brian Fitzpatrick RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brian Fitzpatrick for Cade Smith (2026)

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