Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 290
VBR	# 608	# 403

Projections

Strikeouts	17	27
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	3.76
WHIP	1.39	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 204

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 342	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.0	24.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	4

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	4	14

Hits Allowed	11	30

Earned Runs	5	14

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	19	33

Walks	8	6

ERA	2.81	5.11

WHIP	1.19	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	26.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	6

Hits Allowed	18	24

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	17	27

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.09	3.76

WHIP	1.39	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
News
	The Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th
	The Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	The Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Smith RP - SF			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Justin Slaten (2026)

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