Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Tanner Houck (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 215	‐
VBR	# 439	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	43	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.51	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	92.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	83	‐

Earned Runs	52	‐

Home Runs Allowed	17	‐

Strikeouts	96	‐

Walks	46	‐

ERA	5.05	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	45.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	42	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	43	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.51	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
News
	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	Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck (elbow) could return to pitch this season. Brenton Kemp 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	Tanner Houck has begun light mound work. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Brandon Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Red Sox sent Tanner Houck on a rehab assignment to Florida to continue his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Brandon Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Tanner Houck is targeting a return to mound work in late June. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 15th
	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Tanner Houck began a throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL			Tanner Houck SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs CHC
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 5th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Tanner Houck (2026)

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