Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Drew Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Drew Smith RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 990	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.78	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 331	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Drew Smith RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	15.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	4	‐

Hits Allowed	14	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	5.28	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Drew Smith RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.78	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE	Drew Smith RP - FA
News
	The Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
		The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE			Drew Smith RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#105
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Drew Smith (2026)

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