Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Freeland for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	‐
VBR	# 290	# 1102

Projections

Strikeouts	30	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	5.22
WHIP	1.34	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 353

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	23

Games Started	26	23

Innings Pitched	151.1	124.1

Wins	4	4

Losses	14	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	153

Earned Runs	67	88

Home Runs Allowed	11	24

Strikeouts	135	103

Walks	52	28

ERA	3.98	6.37

WHIP	1.34	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	33.2	28.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	33

Earned Runs	16	16

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	30	21

Walks	12	7

ERA	4.24	5.22

WHIP	1.34	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Kyle Freeland SP - COL
News
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	Kyle Freeland allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	Kyle Freeland allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out two over eight innings in Friday’s win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	Kyle Freeland allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	Kyle Freeland allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out eight over nine innings in a win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Kyle Freeland allowed five earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over 5 1/3 innings in a loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 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			Kyle Freeland SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#299
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#433
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Freeland for Shane Baz (2026)

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