Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 143	‐
VBR	# 386	# 852

Projections

Strikeouts	30	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.31
WHIP	1.39	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 153	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 180	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 116	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	52.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	2.39	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	35.3	9.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	9

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	30	8

Walks	13	3

ERA	3.83	4.31

WHIP	1.39	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
News
	Clay Holmes will make one more rehab start with Class-A Brooklyn on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Clay Holmes threw a side session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Clay Holmes threw four scoreless innings on Tuesday in a rehab start for Low-A St. Lucie. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	Clay Holmes is expected to throw around 60 pitches in Tuesday's rehab start. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Clay Holmes will make his next rehab start on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Clay Holmes SP - NYM			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Clay Holmes for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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