Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 68	# 83
VBR	# 241	# 496

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.03
WHIP	1.27	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	# 107

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 63	# 100

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 57	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 51	# 93

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 92	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 131	# 63

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	20	17

Innings Pitched	104.2	91.2

Wins	5	7

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	81

Earned Runs	40	35

Home Runs Allowed	10	15

Strikeouts	95	93

Walks	26	34

ERA	3.44	3.44

WHIP	1.09	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	2

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	27.1	9.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	8

Earned Runs	12	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	7	3

ERA	3.99	4.03

WHIP	1.27	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Casey Mize SP - SD	Connelly Early SP - WSH
News
	Casey Mize will start against the Rays on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Casey Mize will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Casey Mize exited Saturday’s contest between the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins due to a right ankle sprain according to Sammy Levitt. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	Casey Mize allowed three hits over six scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Casey Mize allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Casey Mize SP - SD			Connelly Early SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Connelly Early (2026)

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