Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 415	# 1074

Projections

Strikeouts	33	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.98
WHIP	1.36	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 114	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 61	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	5.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	4

Earned Runs	35	2

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	93	6

Walks	34	6

ERA	3.44	3.18

WHIP	1.25	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	33.3	6.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	7

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	33	6

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.13	4.98

WHIP	1.36	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
News
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw out to 90 feet on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers transferred Carter Baumler to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Connelly Early is scheduled to continue to throw on Friday and Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Carter Baumler has been shut down from his minor league rehab assignment. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 11th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw over the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Rangers sent Carter Baumler on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	Connelly Early went for a second opinion that confirmed the diagnosis of posterior elbow inflammation/irritation. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Carter Baumler threw a live batting practice session on Monday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early (elbow) will see Dr. Keith Meister on Thursday for a second opinion after an MRI revealed he has posterior elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Rangers placed RHP Carter Baumler on the 15-day injured list with a right intercostal strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - BOS			Carter Baumler SP,RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#358	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Carter Baumler for Connelly Early (2026)

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