Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 18	# 276
VBR	# 164	# 407

Projections

Strikeouts	26	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	2.93	3.81
WHIP	1.11	1.24

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	# 19	# 165

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	51.1	28.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	1	4

Saves	30	0

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	0	17

Hits Allowed	40	31

Earned Runs	14	14

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	71	36

Walks	16	6

ERA	2.45	4.40

WHIP	1.09	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	15	17

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	26	20

Walks	6	6

ERA	2.93	3.81

WHIP	1.11	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
News
	Cade Smith tossed a scoreless ninth inning to preserve a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th
	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	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	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	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 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	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Justin Slaten (2026)

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