Who Should I Trade?

Riley Cornelio for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 262	# 909

Projections

Strikeouts	58	26
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.87
WHIP	1.35	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	8

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	117.2	16.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	16

Earned Runs	52	11

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	105	17

Walks	42	15

ERA	3.98	6.06

WHIP	1.36	1.90

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	22

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	62.9	29.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	59	29

Earned Runs	30	16

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	58	26

Walks	23	15

ERA	4.33	4.87

WHIP	1.35	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
News
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out six over six innings in Monday's loss to the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 21st	Riley Cornelio was recalled by the Nationals on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals optioned RHP Riley Cornelio to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	The Nationals recalled Riley Cornelio from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th	The Nationals optioned RHP Riley Cornelio to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	Riley Cornelio will be called up to make his MLB debut against the White Sox on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Riley Cornelio SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Riley Cornelio for Shane Baz (2026)

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