Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 411	# 661

Projections

Strikeouts	38	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	3.95
WHIP	1.36	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 195	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 192	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 186	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	80.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	80	‐

Earned Runs	48	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	83	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	6

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	39.5	9.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	9

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	38	9

Walks	16	3

ERA	4.42	3.95

WHIP	1.36	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
News
	Jack Leiter underwent an arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in his ankle region on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Rangers placed RHP Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Clarke Schmidt continues to throw bullpen sessions and is expected to begin facing hitters sometime in July. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Jack Leiter (3-7) took the loss Thursday against the Twins after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four. Minnesota scored four runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer by Brooks Lee, before Trevor Larnach added a two-run shot in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Jack Leiter allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to face live hitters by the end of June. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Leiter has a 4.69 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and 76:31 K:BB across 71 innings over 13 starts this season. He had won back-to-back starts entering Saturday, including a 10-strikeout performance over 5.2 scoreless innings his previous outing, before three scoreless frames against Cleveland gave way to a Jose Ramirez solo homer in the fourth. Bruno Mulé 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
	Jack Leiter SP - TEX			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	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Jack Leiter (2026)

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