Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 543	# 661

Projections

Strikeouts	32	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	3.95
WHIP	1.42	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	22.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.03	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	42.3	9.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	9

Earned Runs	21	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	32	9

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.51	3.95

WHIP	1.42	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
News
	The Cardinals recalled Hunter Dobbins from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th	Clarke Schmidt continues to throw bullpen sessions and is expected to begin facing hitters sometime in July. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Hunter Dobbins to start Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to face live hitters by the end of June. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Hunter Dobbins will start for the Cardinals on Thursday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL			Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

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