Who Should I Trade?

Jhancarlos Lara for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 296	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	53	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.29
WHIP	1.35	1.75

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	122.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	124	‐

Earned Runs	53	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Walks	44	‐

ERA	3.91	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	57.5	3.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	54	3

Earned Runs	28	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	53	4

Walks	21	3

ERA	4.31	4.29

WHIP	1.35	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
News
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he limited the damage enough to keep Baltimore close. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th	The Washington Nationals have outrighted right-hander Jhancarlos Lara to Double-A Harrisburg. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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 Nationals designated Jhancarlos Lara for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Jhancarlos Lara was designated for assignment by the Braves on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 10th
	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	Lara was called up to the majors last season but did not appear in a game. He transitioned to a relief role in the minors during 2025 and struck out 104 batters across 68.2 innings between Double-A Columbus and Triple-A Gwinnett, but he also walked 65 and posted a 7.73 ERA. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Jhancarlos Lara SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jhancarlos Lara for Shane Baz (2026)

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