Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Jack Flaherty (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	‐
VBR	# 335	# 924

Projections

Strikeouts	42	13
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	5.03
WHIP	1.36	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 171	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	# 256

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	6

Games Started	19	6

Innings Pitched	86.1	28.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	26

Earned Runs	44	19

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	102	19

Walks	42	20

ERA	4.59	6.11

WHIP	1.41	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	9

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	37.7	16.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	17

Earned Runs	18	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	42	13

Walks	15	7

ERA	4.29	5.03

WHIP	1.36	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
News
	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 Williamson will officially begin his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	Reds manager Terry Francona said Brandon Williamson will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty allowed three earned runs across four innings in a no-decision against the Cubs on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Jack Flaherty allowed two earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings while earning the win in a 3-0 victory over the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Brandon Williamson has paused his throwing program after suffering a finger injury during a workout. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET			Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Jack Flaherty (2026)

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