Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Justin Topa (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Justin Topa RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 552	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.38	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 282	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Justin Topa RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.0	22.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	19	31

Earned Runs	9	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	12	12

ERA	2.70	6.95

WHIP	1.03	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Justin Topa RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.3	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.38	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET	Justin Topa RP - FA
News
	The Tigers activated LHP Brant Hurter from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th	The Yankees re-signed RHP Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Brant Hurter made a rehab appearance on August 29. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Justin Topa elected free agency. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st
	Brant Hurter was scheduled to make a rehab start on Tuesday with Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Yankees designated RHP Justin Topa for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Brant Hurter will make a rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Brant Hurter began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Brant Hurter SP,RP - DET			Justin Topa RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#175
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#193
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#255
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#137
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#178
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#324
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#111
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#149
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#230
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#155
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#136
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#337
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#155
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#230
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#86
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#276
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#306
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#382
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#384
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#206
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#357
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#289
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#234
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT	Antwone Kelly (0-0)	#360
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37

Who Should I Trade?

Brant Hurter for Justin Topa (2026)

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