Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 122
VBR	# 496	# 304

Projections

Strikeouts	9	24
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.47
WHIP	1.35	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	# 114

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 165

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	# 64

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 97

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	24

Games Started	17	14

Innings Pitched	91.2	105.0

Wins	7	7

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	81	94

Earned Runs	35	43

Home Runs Allowed	15	12

Strikeouts	93	72

Walks	34	26

ERA	3.44	3.69

WHIP	1.25	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	6

Games Started	2	6

Innings Pitched	9.0	30.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	31

Earned Runs	4	15

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	9	24

Walks	3	7

ERA	4.03	4.47

WHIP	1.35	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed five runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings with eight strikeouts in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in a win on Friday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one (unearned) run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Connelly Early (2026)

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