Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 543	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	33	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.78	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 232	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	3.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	12.27	‐

WHIP	2.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	39.9	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.78	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Justin Verlander has been scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday with a hamstring injury and is expected to miss weeks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Verlander SP - DET			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#410	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Justin Verlander (2026)

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