Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 125
VBR	# 496	# 316

Projections

Strikeouts	9	24
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.57
WHIP	1.35	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	# 155

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 117

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 88

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 108

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	20

Games Started	17	20

Innings Pitched	91.2	108.1

Wins	7	7

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	107

Earned Runs	35	54

Home Runs Allowed	15	18

Strikeouts	93	74

Walks	34	29

ERA	3.44	4.49

WHIP	1.25	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	6

Games Started	2	6

Innings Pitched	9.0	30.8

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	31

Earned Runs	4	16

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	9	24

Walks	3	8

ERA	4.03	4.57

WHIP	1.35	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Padres. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Monday's 4-2 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 18th
	Connelly Early will have his throwing program paused after he experienced forearm tightness in between innings of his live BP session this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Bailey Ober allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Orioles. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 12th
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Bailey Ober allowed three earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out zero over six innings in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Connelly Early (2026)

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