Who Should I Trade?

Seth Lugo for Shane Bieber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	# 132
VBR	# 529	# 498

Projections

Strikeouts	22	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.45	4.23
WHIP	1.39	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	# 195

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 103	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 390

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	# 93

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 74

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	11

Games Started	27	11

Innings Pitched	150.1	55.2

Wins	6	5

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	160	56

Earned Runs	77	28

Home Runs Allowed	16	10

Strikeouts	116	44

Walks	47	24

ERA	4.61	4.53

WHIP	1.38	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	3

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	27.6	7.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	8

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	22	7

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.45	4.23

WHIP	1.39	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Shane Bieber SP - TOR
News
	Seth Lugo allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Shane Bieber has been shut down from throwing for at least two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out three over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Shane Bieber on the 15-day injured list with right teres major inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out four over 4.2 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	Shane Bieber allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out seven over seven innings in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st
	Seth Lugo allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	Shane Bieber allowed five earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 10th
	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Shane Bieber allowed four earned runs on one hit and six walks over 2/3 of an innings in Tuesday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Seth Lugo SP - KC			Shane Bieber SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#383
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Seth Lugo for Shane Bieber (2026)

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