Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Matt Shaw (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 207	‐
VBR	# 803	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	5	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.234	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 308	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 259	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	130	18

Runs	20	3

Hits	32	2

Singles	20	0

Doubles	6	2

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	20	0

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	27	8

Batting Average	.246	.111

On Base Pct	.322	.200

Slugging Pct	.415	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	.737	.422

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	42	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	10	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	5	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	4	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Batting Average	.234	‐

On Base Pct	.309	‐

Slugging Pct	.382	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC	Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
News
	Matt Shaw is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Jeimer Candelario has been outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake by the Los Angeles Angels after being designated for assignment on Saturday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th
	Matt Shaw recently resumed light hitting while spending time rehabbing in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Angels designated 1B/3B Jeimer Candelario for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Matt Shaw is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Angels selected the contract of INF Jeimer Candelario from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said on Tuesday that Matt Shaw recently underwent imaging, which showed "significant healing." Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Candelario (non-roster invitee) has hit 8-for-24 with one home run, four RBI and five runs scored during spring training. He was observed taking grounders at second base on Monday. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Matt Shaw will not return before the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Jeimer Candelario has agreed to a minor league contract with the Angels. The deal comes with an invitation to spring training and the veteran would make $780K if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Shaw 2B,3B,RF,DH - CHC			Jeimer Candelario 1B,3B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#48	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#127
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#234
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#92	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#422
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#72
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#109
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#322
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#439	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#221
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#92	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#255
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#212	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#235
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#170
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#35
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#105
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#40	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#235
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#18
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#250
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeimer Candelario for Matt Shaw (2026)

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