Who Should I Trade?

Chase Shugart for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 662	# 1082

Projections

Strikeouts	15	11
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	4.95
WHIP	1.38	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 464

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 375	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	10.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	31	14

Earned Runs	19	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	43	9

Walks	14	10

ERA	4.93	9.90

WHIP	1.30	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.5	11.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	16	10

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	11

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.43	4.95

WHIP	1.38	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Phillies acquired RHP Chase Shugart from the Pirates for INF Francisco Loreto. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th	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
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#356	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Shugart for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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