Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 154	‐
VBR	# 366	# 773

Projections

Strikeouts	39	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	3.92
WHIP	1.38	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	108.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	121	‐

Earned Runs	60	‐

Home Runs Allowed	19	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	4.97	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	44.4	8.5

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	8

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	39	8

Walks	15	3

ERA	4.42	3.92

WHIP	1.38	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Clarke Schmidt threw two innings of live batting practice instead of three due to some forearm cramping. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out five over 3.2 innings in Monday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 28th	Clarke Schmidt will face live hitters on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd	Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt (elbow) will throw another live batting practice session on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 6th	Clarke Schmidt continues to throw bullpen sessions and is expected to begin facing hitters sometime in July. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
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 (10-5)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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