Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 159
VBR	# 289	# 613

Projections

Strikeouts	30	12
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.60
WHIP	1.35	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 170

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 217

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 231

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 86

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	19

Games Started	26	19

Innings Pitched	151.1	98.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	14	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	123

Earned Runs	67	72

Home Runs Allowed	11	18

Strikeouts	135	61

Walks	52	31

ERA	3.98	6.61

WHIP	1.34	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	3

Games Started	6	3

Innings Pitched	32.2	15.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	16

Earned Runs	15	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	30	12

Walks	12	5

ERA	4.28	4.60

WHIP	1.35	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
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	Zac Gallen threw 45 pitches in a bridge camp game in Arizona on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Zac Gallen will face hitters in a simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	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	Zac Gallen threw a 33-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Zac Gallen has progressed to throwing out to 120 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Diamondbacks transferred Zac Gallen to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Zac Gallen SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#269	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#251	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Zac Gallen (2026)

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