Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 310	‐
VBR	# 465	# 778

Projections

Strikeouts	40	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.95	4.60
WHIP	1.35	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 235	# 429

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	1

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	24.2	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	4

Earned Runs	26	2

Home Runs Allowed	9	0

Strikeouts	18	2

Walks	14	2

ERA	9.49	6.00

WHIP	1.82	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	43.7	17.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	17

Earned Runs	24	9

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	40	15

Walks	14	7

ERA	4.95	4.60

WHIP	1.35	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer allowed one earned runs on four hits and three walks across 2 2/3 innings while taking a no-decision against the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	The Blue Jays activated Max Scherzer from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Max Scherzer will return to start on Monday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#255	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Max Scherzer (2026)

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