Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	‐
VBR	# 435	# 623

Projections

Strikeouts	15	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	4.67
WHIP	1.32	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 183	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 179	# 256

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	1

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	91.2	3.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	4	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	78	6

Earned Runs	34	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	82	1

Walks	35	2

ERA	3.34	12.27

WHIP	1.23	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	2

Games Started	1	2

Innings Pitched	16.3	10.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	10

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	15	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.09	4.67

WHIP	1.32	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th	Justin Verlander played catch off the bullpen mound. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th	Justin Verlander threw off the front of the bullpen mound on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	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
	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#112	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Justin Verlander (2026)

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