Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 278	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	59	7
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.77
WHIP	1.35	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	117.2	2.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	1

Earned Runs	52	1

Home Runs Allowed	9	0

Strikeouts	105	1

Walks	42	2

ERA	3.98	4.50

WHIP	1.36	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	63.4	7.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	60	8

Earned Runs	31	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	59	7

Walks	23	3

ERA	4.37	4.77

WHIP	1.35	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out six over six innings in Monday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Shane Baz (2026)

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