Who Should I Trade?

Chase Dollander for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Chase Dollander SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	‐
VBR	# 500	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.88	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 204

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 467

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Chase Dollander SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	10

Games Started	17	3

Innings Pitched	91.2	44.0

Wins	7	3

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	39

Earned Runs	35	19

Home Runs Allowed	15	6

Strikeouts	93	47

Walks	34	18

ERA	3.44	3.89

WHIP	1.25	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Chase Dollander SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	9.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.88	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Chase Dollander SP,RP - COL
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Chase Dollander (elbow) will not return to the mound for the Rockies in 2026. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said Chase Dollander will be shut down for two to three weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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	Chase Dollander has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a right elbow sprain. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 15th
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Chase Dollander left Thursday's game with right arm tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Chase Dollander left Thursday’s game with the training staff in the second inning. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Chase Dollander SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#299
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#433
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#426	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Dollander for Connelly Early (2026)

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