Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Keider Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	# 184
VBR	# 131	# 487

Projections

Strikeouts	33	30
Wins	2	2
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.82	4.53
WHIP	1.09	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	# 91

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 17	# 321

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 77

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


Games Played	43	21

Games Started	0	15

Innings Pitched	45.1	100.2

Wins	3	6

Losses	1	5

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	76

Earned Runs	14	36

Home Runs Allowed	4	9

Strikeouts	65	70

Walks	11	22

ERA	2.78	3.22

WHIP	1.08	0.97

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


Games Played	28	21

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	25.5	38.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	19	39

Earned Runs	8	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	33	30

Walks	7	12

ERA	2.82	4.53

WHIP	1.09	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 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	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
	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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed four earned runs in five innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ ATH
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
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
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
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
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
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Keider Montero (2026)

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