Who Should I Trade?

Alex Faedo for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Alex Faedo SP,RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 310	‐
VBR	# 459	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	37	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.96	4.55
WHIP	1.35	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 235	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Alex Faedo SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	24.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	31	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	9.49	‐

WHIP	1.82	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Alex Faedo SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	40.3	1.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	1

Earned Runs	22	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	37	1

Walks	13	1

ERA	4.96	4.55

WHIP	1.35	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Alex Faedo SP,RP - LAA
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer allowed one earned runs on four hits and three walks across 2 2/3 innings while taking a no-decision against the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Angels signed RHP Alex Faedo to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Blue Jays activated Max Scherzer from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Max Scherzer will return to start on Monday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	The Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Alex Faedo SP,RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Faedo for Max Scherzer (2026)

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