Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for DJ Herz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 7	‐
VBR	# 61	# 887

Projections

Strikeouts	72	7
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.15	4.20
WHIP	1.16	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	111.0	‐

Wins	11	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	91	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	134	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	2.19	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	59.5	6.5

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	6

Earned Runs	21	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	72	7

Walks	16	3

ERA	3.15	4.20

WHIP	1.16	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Chris Sale gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 11th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Chris Sale was tagged for three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three across five-plus innings in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#325	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for DJ Herz (2026)

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