Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Kervin Castro (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 18	‐
VBR	# 145	# 758

Projections

Strikeouts	35	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.88	4.31
WHIP	1.09	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 16	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	2.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	2

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	65	2

Walks	11	0

ERA	2.78	4.50

WHIP	1.08	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.5	10.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	35	10

Walks	8	5

ERA	2.88	4.31

WHIP	1.09	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
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	Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The move was made to make room for Carlos Rodon (elbow), who was activated from the IL and will make his season debut on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th
	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	Kervin Castro has been called up to the Yankees' roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He should be available out of the bullpen on Friday in Milwaukee. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Righthander Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
	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
	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			Kervin Castro RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Kervin Castro (2026)

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