Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Shane Bieber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 147	# 132
VBR	# 307	# 506

Projections

Strikeouts	26	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.40
WHIP	1.36	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	# 195

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 390

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	# 93

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 74

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	11

Games Started	26	11

Innings Pitched	129.0	55.2

Wins	5	5

Losses	12	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	56

Earned Runs	78	28

Home Runs Allowed	23	10

Strikeouts	132	44

Walks	45	24

ERA	5.44	4.53

WHIP	1.47	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	4

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	29.0	12.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	12

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	26	10

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.34	4.40

WHIP	1.36	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over four innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Shane Bieber has been shut down from throwing for at least two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Reds. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Shane Bieber on the 15-day injured list with right teres major inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed two earned runs on two hits and one walk while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	Shane Bieber allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out seven over seven innings in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	Shane Bieber allowed five earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Shane Bieber allowed four earned runs on one hit and six walks over 2/3 of an innings in Tuesday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Shane Bieber SP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, May 22nd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sun, May 24th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Matthew Liberatore for Shane Bieber (2026)

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