Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 104
VBR	# 31	# 256

Projections

Strikeouts	79	59
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.91	4.45
WHIP	1.11	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 193

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 88

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 106

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 72

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 140

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	22	21

Innings Pitched	120.2	108.1

Wins	9	3

Losses	9	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	102	121

Earned Runs	52	70

Home Runs Allowed	11	25

Strikeouts	149	112

Walks	28	36

ERA	3.88	5.82

WHIP	1.08	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	67.4	60.7

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	60

Earned Runs	22	30

Home Runs Allowed	6	10

Strikeouts	79	59

Walks	17	18

ERA	2.91	4.45

WHIP	1.11	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Aaron Nola allowed five runs on seven hits while striking out four across 5 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Aaron Nola allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six-plus innings in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will start on Thursday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Aaron Nola gave up two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Aaron Nola gave up three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Aaron Nola SP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Paul Skenes (2026)

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