Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 222	‐
VBR	# 415	# 551

Projections

Strikeouts	40	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.73
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 302	# 229

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	1

Games Started	15	1

Innings Pitched	84.1	3.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	84	6

Earned Runs	35	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	67	1

Walks	31	2

ERA	3.74	12.27

WHIP	1.36	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	8

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	48.1	43.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	43

Earned Runs	25	23

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	40	36

Walks	16	15

ERA	4.65	4.73

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Brandon Young allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Nationals. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's 12-1 win over the Dodgers. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd	Justin Verlander has been scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday with a hamstring injury and is expected to miss weeks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Young SP - BAL			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Justin Verlander (2026)

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