Who Should I Trade?

Ryne Nelson for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 178
VBR	# 290	# 501

Projections

Strikeouts	30	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.28
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 179

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 292

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	15

Games Started	26	15

Innings Pitched	151.1	83.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	14	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	81

Earned Runs	67	46

Home Runs Allowed	11	18

Strikeouts	135	62

Walks	52	22

ERA	3.98	4.97

WHIP	1.34	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	33.2	12.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	13

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	30	11

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.24	4.28

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
News
	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	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 2nd	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#193
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ryne Nelson for Shane Baz (2026)

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