Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	# 212
VBR	# 87	# 464

Projections

Strikeouts	61	45
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.51
WHIP	1.22	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 37	# 154

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	19

Games Started	11	17

Innings Pitched	66.2	86.2

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	77

Earned Runs	22	49

Home Runs Allowed	1	16

Strikeouts	57	91

Walks	20	43

ERA	2.97	5.09

WHIP	0.96	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	11	9

Innings Pitched	65.1	47.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	44

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	61	45

Walks	20	20

ERA	3.31	4.51

WHIP	1.22	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
News
	Max Fried allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	The Yankees activated Max Fried from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Brandon Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Brandon Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will be activated next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will make his next rehab start on Thursday or Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Fried SP - NYY			Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs STL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Max Fried (2026)

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