Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Tanner McDougal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 297	# 1066

Projections

Strikeouts	53	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.90
WHIP	1.35	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 126	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 98	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	122.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	124	‐

Earned Runs	53	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	107	‐

Walks	44	‐

ERA	3.91	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	57.5	5.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	5

Earned Runs	28	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	53	4

Walks	21	2

ERA	4.31	4.90

WHIP	1.35	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
News
	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he limited the damage enough to keep Baltimore close. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th	Tanner McDougal is continuing to throw and build up. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	White Sox RHP prospect Tanner McDougal has resumed throwing again. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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
	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
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Tanner McDougal SP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Tanner McDougal (2026)

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