Who Should I Trade?

Sandy Alcantara for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Shane Baz SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 52	# 100
VBR	# 249	# 260

Projections

Strikeouts	46	50
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.27
WHIP	1.32	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	# 130

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 53	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 88

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 104

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	22

Games Started	24	22

Innings Pitched	156.2	128.1

Wins	12	4

Losses	6	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	148	130

Earned Runs	65	54

Home Runs Allowed	17	9

Strikeouts	120	111

Walks	41	45

ERA	3.73	3.79

WHIP	1.21	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	57.1	54.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	51

Earned Runs	27	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	46	50

Walks	17	20

ERA	4.31	4.27

WHIP	1.32	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings to earn the win in Sunday's 2-0 victory over the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he limited the damage enough to keep Baltimore close. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Sandy Alcantara for Shane Baz (2026)

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