Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Jack Flaherty (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 122	# 153
VBR	# 323	# 396

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.11
WHIP	1.33	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 114	# 175

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 97	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 165	# 135

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 195

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	19

Games Started	14	19

Innings Pitched	105.0	86.1

Wins	7	3

Losses	1	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	94	80

Earned Runs	43	44

Home Runs Allowed	12	11

Strikeouts	72	102

Walks	26	42

ERA	3.69	4.59

WHIP	1.14	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	3

Games Started	5	3

Innings Pitched	27.9	17.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	16

Earned Runs	14	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.55	4.11

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	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	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said he now expects Jack Flaherty's IL stint to be "more than the minimum." Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 30th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Jack Flaherty (2026)

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