Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 262	# 937

Projections

Strikeouts	58	8
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.64
WHIP	1.35	1.34

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	# 129

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	20	2

Innings Pitched	117.2	37.2

Wins	4	5

Losses	9	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	36

Earned Runs	52	16

Home Runs Allowed	9	8

Strikeouts	105	30

Walks	42	11

ERA	3.98	3.82

WHIP	1.36	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	7

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	62.9	9.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	9

Earned Runs	30	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	58	8

Walks	23	3

ERA	4.33	4.64

WHIP	1.35	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
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 Rays activated Jesse Scholtens from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	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 Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Shane Baz (2026)

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