Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 17	‐
VBR	# 131	# 915

Projections

Strikeouts	33	14
Wins	2	0
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.82	4.76
WHIP	1.09	1.54

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	# 17	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	10.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	28	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	38	14

Earned Runs	14	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	65	9

Walks	11	10

ERA	2.78	9.90

WHIP	1.08	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.5	13.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	19	13

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	33	14

Walks	7	8

ERA	2.82	4.76

WHIP	1.09	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
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	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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 Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	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	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow 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			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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