Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 172
VBR	# 311	# 614

Projections

Strikeouts	24	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.03
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 199

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 192

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 211

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 186

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	15

Games Started	27	15

Innings Pitched	157.0	80.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	14	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	156	80

Earned Runs	69	48

Home Runs Allowed	11	14

Strikeouts	139	83

Walks	55	35

ERA	3.96	5.40

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	6

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	26.3	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	8

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	24	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.22	4.03

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 30th	Jack Leiter will make one more rehab start later this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	The Rangers sent Jack Leiter on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	Jack Leiter will make a rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	Jack Leiter is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	The Rangers transferred RHP Jack Leiter to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#300	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#85
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#139
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#290
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#349	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#250	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#221
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#255
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Leiter for Shane Baz (2026)

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