Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Shane Baz SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	# 99
VBR	# 39	# 264

Projections

Strikeouts	55	44
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.30	4.31
WHIP	1.13	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 139

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 6	# 111

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 90

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	# 104

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	23

Games Started	19	23

Innings Pitched	110.1	136.1

Wins	10	4

Losses	3	11

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	133

Earned Runs	33	56

Home Runs Allowed	14	10

Strikeouts	132	120

Walks	28	46

ERA	2.69	3.70

WHIP	0.98	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	48.6	47.6

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	45

Earned Runs	18	23

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	55	44

Walks	13	17

ERA	3.30	4.31

WHIP	1.13	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out six across 5 1/3 innings in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Zack Wheeler gave up no runs on one hit with three strikeouts over two innings in Sunday's 8-0 win against the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he limited the damage enough to keep Baltimore close. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#255	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#330
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#401	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#168
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#314	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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