Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 300	‐
VBR	# 441	# 1053

Projections

Strikeouts	41	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.04	4.87
WHIP	1.35	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	4

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	5.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	4

Earned Runs	25	2

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	14	6

Walks	11	6

ERA	10.23	3.18

WHIP	1.73	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	46.2	8.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	8

Earned Runs	26	5

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	41	7

Walks	15	4

ERA	5.04	4.87

WHIP	1.35	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Max Scherzer told reporters he will make a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#368	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Max Scherzer (2026)

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