Who Should I Trade?

Brennan Bernardino for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 299
VBR	# 928	# 441

Projections

Strikeouts	17	41
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	5.04
WHIP	1.52	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 397	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	6

Games Started	2	6

Innings Pitched	40.1	22.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	4

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	39	27

Earned Runs	13	25

Home Runs Allowed	2	9

Strikeouts	30	14

Walks	12	11

ERA	2.90	10.23

WHIP	1.26	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	12

Games Started	0	8

Innings Pitched	20.6	46.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	21	46

Earned Runs	10	26

Home Runs Allowed	2	10

Strikeouts	17	41

Walks	9	15

ERA	4.58	5.04

WHIP	1.52	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Brennan Bernardino allowed two runs in the first inning on Saturday and suffered the loss as the Braves defeated the Rockies, 9-1. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	Brennan Bernardino will serve as the opener for the Rockies on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Brennan Bernardino served as the Rockies' opener on Saturday and allowed one run on one hit, walked two, and did not record a strikeout as Colorado suffered a 2-1 loss to Philadelphia. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Brennan Bernardino will serve as the opener on Saturday for the Rockies against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 4th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Brennan Bernardino and the Colorado Rockies have avoided arbitration and the lefty reliever will make $925K in 2026. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Brennan Bernardino for Max Scherzer (2026)

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