Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 99	# 162
VBR	# 259	# 431

Projections

Strikeouts	50	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.89
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 138	# 191

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 159

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	# 212

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 146

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	15

Games Started	22	15

Innings Pitched	128.1	76.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	10	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	130	76

Earned Runs	54	50

Home Runs Allowed	9	25

Strikeouts	111	68

Walks	45	27

ERA	3.79	5.92

WHIP	1.36	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	54.0	43.7

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	44

Earned Runs	26	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	50	36

Walks	20	12

ERA	4.27	4.89

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jameson Taillon SP - TOR
News
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 2nd	Jameson Taillon will make his first start with the Blue Jays on Wednesday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he limited the damage enough to keep Baltimore close. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th	Jameson Taillon will be immediately inserted into the Blue Jays starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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 Blue Jays acquired RHP Jameson Taillon from the Cubs for cash considerations or a player to be named later. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Cubs designated Jameson Taillon for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Jameson Taillon allowed seven runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across four innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
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			Jameson Taillon SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jameson Taillon for Shane Baz (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation