Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 133	# 236
VBR	‐	# 1173

Projections

Runs	7	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	8	6
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.245	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 129	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 87	# 195

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 378

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 202	# 152

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 267

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	387	312

Runs	47	40

Hits	105	66

Singles	66	42

Doubles	17	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	21	13

RBI	55	38

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	36

Strikeouts	81	114

Batting Average	.271	.212

On Base Pct	.301	.303

Slugging Pct	.483	.375

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	39

Runs	7	5

Hits	14	9

Singles	9	5

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	8	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	3	4

Strikeouts	13	11

Batting Average	.245	.222

On Base Pct	.308	.307

Slugging Pct	.400	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.708	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
News
	Casey Schmitt underwent successful surgery on his torn meniscus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Casey Schmitt will require surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th
	Casey Schmitt has been diagnosed with a torn left meniscus. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 28th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th
	Casey Schmitt is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Tuesday on his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Casey Schmitt left Monday’s game against the Brewers with an apparent left leg injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Schmitt 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,DH - SF			Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#196	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#109	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#155	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#301	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#222	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#117	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#416	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#271	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#328	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#153	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#186	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#80	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#158	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#131	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#366
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Sun, Aug 30th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Schmitt for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

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