Who Should I Trade?

Rhett Lowder for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 122	# 190
VBR	# 303	# 701

Projections

Strikeouts	18	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.20	4.79
WHIP	1.35	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 168

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 165

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	# 431

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 178

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	25

Games Started	28	22

Innings Pitched	163.1	116.0

Wins	5	6

Losses	15	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	160	126

Earned Runs	70	70

Home Runs Allowed	12	16

Strikeouts	145	90

Walks	57	47

ERA	3.86	5.43

WHIP	1.33	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	4

Games Started	3	3

Innings Pitched	20.0	17.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	18

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	13

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.20	4.79

WHIP	1.35	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
News
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Sat, Sep 5th	Rhett Lowder allowed seven runs (six earned) on six hits and four walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 5th
	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	Rhett Lowder allowed three earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out five over five innings in Friday's win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	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	Rhett Lowder allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out one over six innings in Saturday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	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	Rhett Lowder allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 5-0 loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	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	Reds right-hander Rhett Lowder pitched six innings of two-run ball, but took a no-decision in an eventual 3-2 win over the Pirates on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Rhett Lowder SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#283	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#264	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#301	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#110	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#51	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Rhett Lowder for Shane Baz (2026)

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