Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	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	# 1105	# 848

Projections

Strikeouts	43	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.40	4.00
WHIP	1.57	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 393	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	100.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	141	‐

Earned Runs	75	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	78	‐

Walks	39	‐

ERA	6.71	‐

WHIP	1.79	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	6

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	57.1	9.5

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	65	9

Earned Runs	34	4

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	43	9

Walks	22	3

ERA	5.40	4.00

WHIP	1.57	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
News
	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Clarke Schmidt continues to throw bullpen sessions and is expected to begin facing hitters sometime in July. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to face live hitters by the end of June. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL			Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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