Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Shane Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Shane Smith SP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 319	# 264
VBR	# 529	# 847

Projections

Strikeouts	22	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.87	4.39
WHIP	1.34	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 249	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 174

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	12	3

Innings Pitched	50.0	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	12

Earned Runs	39	10

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	36	11

Walks	25	9

ERA	7.02	10.80

WHIP	1.54	2.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Shane Smith SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	5

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	24.4	9.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	9

Earned Runs	13	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	22	9

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.87	4.39

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Shane Smith SP - CWS
News
	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 Smith is expected to miss a couple of weeks at Triple-A Charlotte due to a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	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 Smith was optioned down to Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Apr 8th
	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 Smith allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday’s 10-0 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Apr 2nd
	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	Shane Smith didn't last long Thursday, and the White Sox paid for it in a 14-2 rout, allowing three earned runs runs on three hits and two walks while striking out two over 1 2/3 innings in Thursday’s loss to Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Mar 27th
	Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer allowed one earned runs on four hits and three walks across 2 2/3 innings while taking a no-decision against the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Shane Smith has been named the Opening Day starting pitcher for the Chicago White Sox according to Chuck Garfien. Chris Schommer Sun, Mar 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Shane Smith SP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Shane Smith (2026)

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