Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 221
VBR	# 500	# 618

Projections

Strikeouts	10	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	4.52
WHIP	1.38	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 122

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 214

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	21

Games Started	17	19

Innings Pitched	91.2	95.2

Wins	7	3

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	88

Earned Runs	35	56

Home Runs Allowed	15	17

Strikeouts	93	100

Walks	34	48

ERA	3.44	5.27

WHIP	1.25	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	6

Games Started	2	2

Innings Pitched	9.6	11.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	11

Earned Runs	4	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	11

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.88	4.52

WHIP	1.38	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	The Brewers optioned Brandon Sproat to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Brandon Sproat allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking four over three innings in Monday’s loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th
	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 Sproat allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Brandon Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
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 Sproat SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#426	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Connelly Early (2026)

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