Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 66	# 83
VBR	# 221	# 679

Projections

Strikeouts	31	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	4.18
WHIP	1.29	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	# 107

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 57	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	# 63

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 59	# 216

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 114	# 100

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	# 93

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	17

Games Started	11	17

Innings Pitched	54.1	91.2

Wins	4	7

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	81

Earned Runs	19	35

Home Runs Allowed	4	15

Strikeouts	58	93

Walks	30	34

ERA	3.15	3.44

WHIP	1.21	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	2

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	30.3	8.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	8

Earned Runs	14	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	31	8

Walks	12	3

ERA	4.06	4.18

WHIP	1.29	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Connelly Early SP - WSH
News
	Carlos Rodon allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in a loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Carlos Rodon will take the mound for the first game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox Saturday according to Bryan Hoch. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Carlos Rodon allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Sunday's win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	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
	Carlos Rodon allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Tuesday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Yankees activated Carlos Rodon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY			Connelly Early SP - WSH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Connelly Early (2026)

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