Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Blake Snell SP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	# 66
VBR	# 415	# 172

Projections

Strikeouts	33	57
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	3.44
WHIP	1.36	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	# 71

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 61	# 80

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 74

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 412

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 48

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 114	# 81

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Blake Snell SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	1

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	91.2	3.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	6

Earned Runs	35	4

Home Runs Allowed	15	0

Strikeouts	93	5

Walks	34	2

ERA	3.44	12.00

WHIP	1.25	2.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Blake Snell SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	6	9

Innings Pitched	33.3	46.0

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	36

Earned Runs	15	18

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	33	57

Walks	12	20

ERA	4.13	3.44

WHIP	1.36	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Blake Snell SP - LAD
News
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw out to 90 feet on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Connelly Early is scheduled to continue to throw on Friday and Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw over the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Blake Snell will face hitters on Saturday in a live batting practice session. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Connelly Early went for a second opinion that confirmed the diagnosis of posterior elbow inflammation/irritation. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Blake Snell is scheduled to throw another bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early (elbow) will see Dr. Keith Meister on Thursday for a second opinion after an MRI revealed he has posterior elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Blake Snell threw 15 pitches during a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - BOS			Blake Snell SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Connelly Early (2026)

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