Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 123	# 319
VBR	# 311	# 471

Projections

Strikeouts	24	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.86
WHIP	1.34	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 249

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	13

Games Started	27	13

Innings Pitched	157.0	57.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	14	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	156	53

Earned Runs	69	39

Home Runs Allowed	11	12

Strikeouts	139	46

Walks	55	26

ERA	3.96	6.16

WHIP	1.34	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	26.3	20.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	20

Earned Runs	12	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	24	18

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.22	4.86

WHIP	1.34	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 30th	Max Scherzer allowed one hit and one walk while striking out 10 over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 31st
	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	Max Scherzer allowed seven earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays. 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	Max Scherzer allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	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	Max Scherzer allowed two earned runs on five hits and no walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Phillies. 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	Max Scherzer allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#300	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#349	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#404	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#250	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#292
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#45	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#417
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Shane Baz (2026)

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