Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	George Klassen SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 278	# 902

Projections

Strikeouts	59	13
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.76
WHIP	1.35	1.55

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	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	2

Games Started	20	2

Innings Pitched	117.2	4.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	7

Earned Runs	52	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	105	6

Walks	42	10

ERA	3.98	11.57

WHIP	1.36	3.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	63.4	14.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	15

Earned Runs	31	8

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	59	13

Walks	23	7

ERA	4.37	4.76

WHIP	1.35	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	George Klassen SP - LAA
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 Angels optioned RHP George Klassen to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	George Klassen left Saturday’s start against the Reds with a right index fingernail contusion. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	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	George Klassen lasted just 2.2 innings in his major league debut on Sunday after allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out four. The Angels went on to defeat the Mariners, 8-7, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th
	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 Angels selected the contract of RHP George Klassen from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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 Angels have reassigned right-hander George Klassen to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			George Klassen SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Shane Baz (2026)

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