Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Shane Baz SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 96
VBR	# 1	# 297

Projections

Strikeouts	32	53
Wins	2	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.29	4.31
WHIP	1.18	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 98

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 99

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 104

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 126

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	21

Games Started	14	21

Innings Pitched	85.2	122.0

Wins	8	4

Losses	2	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	124

Earned Runs	17	53

Home Runs Allowed	4	9

Strikeouts	95	107

Walks	26	44

ERA	1.79	3.91

WHIP	0.95	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	5	10

Innings Pitched	27.4	57.5

Wins	2	4

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	54

Earned Runs	10	28

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	32	53

Walks	9	21

ERA	3.29	4.31

WHIP	1.18	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Shohei Ohtani will not throw his scheduled bullpen on Saturday due to his knee not feeling 100%. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he limited the damage enough to keep Baltimore close. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th
	Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani (knee) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Shohei Ohtani is playing catch in the outfield on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-9 with a double, a run scored and two RBI in Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said there's no update to Shohei Ohtani’s pitching timetable. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#244	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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