Who Should I Trade?

Christian MacLeod for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 74	‐
VBR	# 501	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	5.45
WHIP	1.35	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	91.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	81	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	93	‐

Walks	34	‐

ERA	3.44	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	24.6	1.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	2

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	25	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.12	5.45

WHIP	1.35	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
News
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Twins reassigned LHP Christian MacLeod to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Connelly Early progressed to throwing a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early (elbow) has ramped up his throwing distance to 120 feet. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Christian MacLeod SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL

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