Who Should I Trade?

Carson Fulmer for DJ Herz (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 884

Projections

Strikeouts	1	8
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.46	4.04
WHIP	1.54	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

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ERA	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	1.3	7.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	6

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	8

Walks	1	3

ERA	3.46	4.04

WHIP	1.54	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	The Pirates have traded right-hander Carson Fulmer to the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	The Pirates reassigned RHP Carson Fulmer to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 24th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Carson Fulmer agrees to a minor-league deal with the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Feb 23rd	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		DJ Herz threw 38 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
		DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carson Fulmer SP,RP - SEA			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Fulmer for DJ Herz (2026)

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