Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Connelly Early (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 494	# 810

Projections

Strikeouts	23	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	3.95
WHIP	1.36	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 110	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
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	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	22.6	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	7

Earned Runs	10	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	8

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.10	3.95

WHIP	1.36	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
News
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Clarke Schmidt will face live hitters on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt (elbow) will throw another live batting practice session on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Clarke Schmidt is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Clarke Schmidt continues to throw bullpen sessions and is expected to begin facing hitters sometime in July. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Connelly Early progressed to throwing a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Clarke Schmidt threw a bullpen session on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. 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
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Clarke Schmidt SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Clarke Schmidt for Connelly Early (2026)

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