Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 287	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.29	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 475

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	14

Games Started	27	9

Innings Pitched	157.0	57.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	14	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	156	76

Earned Runs	69	43

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	139	40

Walks	55	19

ERA	3.96	6.79

WHIP	1.34	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	27.9	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	26	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.29	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 30th	Chris Paddack has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	The Rangers have designated right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	Chris Paddack allowed two runs on seven hits with no walks and one strikeout over four innings of bulk relief in Monday’s win over the Guardians. He worked three scoreless frames before giving up both runs in his final inning after signing with Texas earlier in the day. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	Chris Paddack signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	The Rangers are reportedly close to a deal with Chris Paddack. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Chris Paddack SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#265
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#253
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Paddack for Shane Baz (2026)

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