Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Tanner Houck (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 98	‐
VBR	# 265	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	56	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.33	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	117.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	118	‐

Earned Runs	52	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	105	‐

Walks	42	‐

ERA	3.98	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	60.5	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	57	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	56	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	4.33	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
News
	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	Tanner Houck has begun light mound work. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Red Sox sent Tanner Houck on a rehab assignment to Florida to continue his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	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	Tanner Houck is targeting a return to mound work in late June. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 15th
	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	Tanner Houck began a throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 16th
	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th	Tanner Houck is scheduled to begin throwing next week and hopes to contribute for the Boston Red Sox in September. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Feb 11th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Tanner Houck SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Tanner Houck (2026)

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