Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 131
VBR	# 496	# 464

Projections

Strikeouts	9	22
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.70
WHIP	1.35	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 219

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 85

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	# 98

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	25

Games Started	17	25

Innings Pitched	91.2	143.2

Wins	7	8

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	132

Earned Runs	35	63

Home Runs Allowed	15	22

Strikeouts	93	118

Walks	34	46

ERA	3.44	3.95

WHIP	1.25	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	5

Games Started	2	5

Innings Pitched	9.0	27.4

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	28

Earned Runs	4	14

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	9	22

Walks	3	9

ERA	4.03	4.70

WHIP	1.35	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Bryce Elder gave up three runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 26th
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Bryce Elder gave up just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 5-3 win against the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th
	Connelly Early will have his throwing program paused after he experienced forearm tightness in between innings of his live BP session this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Bryce Elder allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Bryce Elder gave up one run on just one hit and two walks while striking out three across seven innings in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Bryce Elder allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Nationals. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Connelly Early (2026)

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