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Shane Baz

Shane Baz — no start in 17 days. His recent work, season line, and what that gap means for any projection on him.

Last scored board
87.7
Outs Recorded · @ NYY · 2026-09-27
Season line · ERA
4.11
6-15 · 154 K, 1.35 WHIP
Games graded
31
this season, box-score final
Shane Baz
PBats RThrows RBaltimore Orioles
Outs Recorded87.7/100proj 16.1#6Walks Allowed53.4/100proj 1.6#10Fantasy Points49.9/100proj 13.2#13Strikeouts42.1/100proj 5.1#16Hits Allowed27.1/100proj 5#19Earned Runs22.1/100proj 2.8#24

Last scored matchup

Shane isn't on today's slate. He was last scored 11 days ago, away at New York Yankees on Sunday, September 27, 2026, where he landed on outs recorded (87.7/100), walks allowed (53.4/100), fantasy points (49.9/100). This page refreshes with new projections as soon as he's back in a lineup.

Season line

31 starts, 6-15, 4.11 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 179.2 innings. He's struck out 154 over that span, against 63 walks. This is the baseline the matchup adjusts from — the model starts here and then asks what the specific lineup he's facing does to strikeout arms, how the park plays, and how deep he's likely to go.

He throws right-handed

Shane throws right-handed, which is the ordinary case and means fewer wild swings in the lineup he faces. Opposing managers aren't restacking against him the way they would a left-hander, so his projection moves more on the quality of the lineup than on its handedness. What does move it: how deep he's been going lately, and whether the lineup in front of him strikes out.

His last 5 starts

Shane has 19 strikeouts in 28.3 innings across his last 5 starts, a 6.0 K/9, with a 4.45 ERA over that stretch and 11 walks. Strikeouts are the one pitcher market where our model has found real, graded room — projected workload and the specific lineup he draws move that number more than a season-long rate does. Start-by-start detail is in the log below.

Strikeouts and control

Shane has 154 strikeouts and 63 walks in 179.7 innings this season — 7.7 K/9 against 3.2 BB/9, a 2.4-to-1 ratio. That's around league-typical control — enough to work deep when the lineup cooperates, not enough to bail him out of a bad matchup.

What his floor looks like

Shane has made 31 starts this season, averaging 5.8 innings with a 4.11 ERA across them. In the 12 starts we hold detailed lines for, he got through five or more innings 9 times. That ratio is the honest read on his floor, and it's what separates an arm worth projecting on the outs board from one whose good starts are unpredictable enough that the market prices them better than we do.

How long he goes

Shane is averaging 5.4 innings a start across his last 8 outings, with a high of 6.7 and about 88 pitches a night. He's not going deep, and that caps the strikeout and outs projections no matter how good the matchup looks — you can't strike out hitters you don't face. Expected batters faced is one of the bigger inputs to his score for exactly this reason.

A long gap since his last start

Shane hasn't started in 17 days. That's the single most useful warning on a pitcher's page, and it's the model's weakest spot. A gap that long usually means an injured-list stint, and a first start back is often on a strict pitch limit that no stat line reveals — books frequently don't post an outs line at all in that spot. Our projection is built on his healthy workload, so it will overshoot a shortened rehab start. Read any projection here with that in mind until he's stretched back out.

His best start in the log

Shane's high-water mark was Tuesday, August 18, 2026 against NYY: 10 strikeouts over 6.3 innings, 3 earned runs. One start doesn't set a projection — the model works off the blend of his recent work against the specific lineup in front of him — but it does show the ceiling when the matchup lines up.

Where he lands across our boards

Shane was scored on 6 boards in that matchup, and the spread is the interesting part: outs recorded graded 87.7/100 while earned runs came in at 22.1/100. Same player, same game, same opposing arm — different questions. A spread that wide usually means the matchup favours one kind of outcome over another, and it's the clearest argument for reading the board that matches what you actually care about.

How the model reads him

The number on Shane is about tonight, not about him. Strip out the name and the model is asking one question: what does this specific lineup do to this kind of arm, in this park, for as many batters as he's likely to face? That gets scored against every other starter on the slate. The combination math is proprietary and re-tuned every week. The grading isn't — it's all public, including the misses.

What we'd flag

Books don't price every player — coverage tops out around 87% even for confirmed starters, so "no line" here usually means no book posted one rather than a gap in our data. Lineups change late, and an afternoon projection can be stale by first pitch. And the model is tuned across hundreds of graded outcomes, so one game tells you nothing about whether it's working. For Shane specifically, he's coming off a 17-day gap.

Recent game log

DateOppIPKHERBB
Monday, September 21vs TOR6.72533
Tuesday, September 15@ NYM4.02732
Wednesday, September 9vs CLE5.75651
Friday, September 4vs BOS6.36412
Saturday, August 29@ ATH5.74523
Sunday, August 23vs TB5.73533
Tuesday, August 18vs NYY6.310432
Wednesday, August 12@ MIN3.02951
Friday, August 7@ TEX8.09321
Saturday, August 1vs PHI6.34611
Sunday, July 26vs ATL4.32612
Monday, July 20@ BOS6.06720

Shane Baz — FAQ

Is Shane Baz playing today?

Shane Baz isn't in a confirmed lineup on the current slate, and was last scored on Sunday, September 27, 2026. This page updates with fresh projections as soon as he's back in one.

How has Shane Baz been pitching lately?

Over his last 5 starts, Shane has 19 strikeouts in 28.3 innings, allowing 14 earned runs. Start-by-start detail is in the log on this page.

Why has Shane Baz not started recently?

Shane hasn't started in 17 days. We flag the gap rather than guess the cause — it usually means an injured-list stint. A first start back is often pitch-limited in a way no stat line shows, and our projection, built on his healthy workload, will run high until he's stretched back out.

Which MatchWiz boards does Shane Baz appear on?

Shane was scored on 6 boards in his last matchup — outs recorded, walks allowed, fantasy points, strikeouts, hits allowed. Each one asks a different question about the same game, so his score can be strong on one and weak on another.

Are Shane Baz's projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).