Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 224
VBR	# 289	# 512

Projections

Strikeouts	30	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.49
WHIP	1.35	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 209

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 132

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	23

Games Started	26	21

Innings Pitched	151.1	110.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	14	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	128

Earned Runs	67	62

Home Runs Allowed	11	17

Strikeouts	135	88

Walks	52	37

ERA	3.98	5.07

WHIP	1.34	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	32.2	14.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	14

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	30	12

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.28	4.49

WHIP	1.35	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
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	Slade Cecconi is scheduled to throw a bullpen session this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	The Guardians placed Slade Cecconi on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Guardians will move Slade Cecconi to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#269	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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