Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shane Baz SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 98
VBR	# 67	# 262

Projections

Strikeouts	87	58
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.48	4.33
WHIP	1.23	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 128

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	# 98

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 91

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 104

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	18	20

Innings Pitched	104.1	117.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	5	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	118

Earned Runs	31	52

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	155	105

Walks	45	42

ERA	2.67	3.98

WHIP	1.14	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	67.4	62.9

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	59

Earned Runs	26	30

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	87	58

Walks	27	23

ERA	3.48	4.33

WHIP	1.23	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Shane Baz (2026)

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