Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Paul Gervase (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 153	# 799

Projections

Strikeouts	28	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	2.80	4.66
WHIP	1.09	1.48

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	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Paul Gervase RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	50.0	7.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	30	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	7

Earned Runs	14	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	70	8

Walks	14	5

ERA	2.52	2.35

WHIP	1.08	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Paul Gervase RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.9	9.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	17	8

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	28	10

Walks	6	5

ERA	2.80	4.66

WHIP	1.09	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Paul Gervase RP - LAD
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	The Dodgers optioned Paul Gervase to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Paul Gervase will be called up to join the Dodgers' bullpen ahead of Thursday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
	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 Dodgers optioned Paul Gervase to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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	The Dodgers recalled Paul Gervase from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	Paul Gervase was with the Dodgers ahead of Sunday's game against the Angels. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Paul Gervase RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

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