Who Should I Trade?

Kohl Drake for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 272	# 767

Projections

Strikeouts	59	11
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.58
WHIP	1.35	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	20	1

Innings Pitched	117.2	5.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	4

Earned Runs	52	1

Home Runs Allowed	9	0

Strikeouts	105	5

Walks	42	2

ERA	3.98	1.80

WHIP	1.36	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	63.3	12.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	13

Earned Runs	31	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	59	11

Walks	23	5

ERA	4.36	4.58

WHIP	1.35	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Kohl Drake SP - ARI
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	Kohl Drake allowed one run on four hits over five innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Kohl Drake was seen in the Diamondbacks clubhouse on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	The Diamondbacks optioned Kohl Drake to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Kohl Drake will work in a long relief role out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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 Diamondbacks recalled LHP Kohl Drake from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Kohl Drake SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#188
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#257	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Kohl Drake for Shane Baz (2026)

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