Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 66	‐
VBR	# 229	# 623

Projections

Strikeouts	33	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.67
WHIP	1.29	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 57	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 59	# 256

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	1

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	54.1	3.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	6

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	58	1

Walks	30	2

ERA	3.15	12.27

WHIP	1.21	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	2

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	31.9	10.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	10

Earned Runs	14	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	33	9

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.07	4.67

WHIP	1.29	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	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	Justin Verlander played catch off the bullpen mound. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	Justin Verlander threw off the front of the bullpen mound on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Yankees activated Carlos Rodon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Carlos Rodon will be activated from the injured list to start against the Orioles on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Carlos Rodón looked good in his rehab outing on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Justin Verlander (2026)

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