Justin Verlander or Zack Wheeler

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Justin Verlander or Zack Wheeler Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	1

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	105.0	3.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	73	6

Earned Runs	29	5

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	126	1

Walks	23	2

ERA	2.49	12.27

WHIP	0.91	2.18

Justin Verlander or Zack Wheeler Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	26

Games Started	24	26

Innings Pitched	143.9	139.1

Wins	10	8

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	136

Earned Runs	50	66

Home Runs Allowed	16	20

Strikeouts	163	115

Walks	37	46

ERA	3.12	4.30

WHIP	1.06	1.31

Justin Verlander or Zack Wheeler Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	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	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
	Zack Wheeler followed up his dominant 2024 with an even sharper skill set in 2025, posting a career-best 11.73 K/9 and 33.3% strikeout rate alongside a stellar 27.7% K-BB%. His 2.71 ERA was supported by a 2.48 xERA, though a spike to 1.14 HR/9 and a lofty 82.4% strand rate suggest some regression baked into that surface line. The question for Wheeler is how he will recover from the thoracic outlet surgery he underwent last season. Recovery is listed as 6 to 8 months, so the chances of him being ready for Opening Day are slim to none, but the latest report is that it "shouldn't be too long" after that. All of this makes him a high-risk, high-reward pitcher capable of being the SP1 he's been, but fantasy managers should count on some regression based on the injury and the fact that he will be 36 this season. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Justin Verlander or Zack Wheeler Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#348	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL