Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Dylan Lee (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	# 145
VBR	# 144	# 290

Projections

Strikeouts	35	30
Wins	2	2
Saves	13	1
ERA	2.88	3.31
WHIP	1.09	1.13

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	# 158

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	# 158

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 67

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 232

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Dylan Lee RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	44.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	1	0

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	19

Hits Allowed	38	25

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	65	56

Walks	11	8

ERA	2.78	1.81

WHIP	1.08	0.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Dylan Lee RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.5	25.4

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	7

Hits Allowed	20	21

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	35	30

Walks	8	7

ERA	2.88	3.31

WHIP	1.09	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Dylan Lee RP - ATL
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	Dylan Lee pitched around a two-out single in the top of the ninth and earned his third win of the season when Ozzie Albies hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the home half on Saturday in Atlanta's victory over Milwaukee. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	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	Dylan Lee has been reinstated from the paternity list. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 29th
	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 Braves placed LHP Dylan Lee on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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	Dylan Lee has won his arbitration hearing against the Atlanta Braves and will make $2.2 million in 2026. The Braves filed at $2 million. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Dylan Lee RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#187
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Dylan Lee (2026)

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