Who Should I Trade?

Cole Henry for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Henry RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	‐
VBR	# 914	# 955

Projections

Strikeouts	2	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.67	4.54
WHIP	1.46	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Henry RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	13.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	17

Earned Runs	11	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	15	15

Walks	11	7

ERA	5.12	7.90

WHIP	1.50	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Henry RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.6	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.67	4.54

WHIP	1.46	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Cole Henry RP - WSH
News
	Nick Mears will undergo season-ending surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Nationals recalled RHP Cole Henry from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Nationals optioned Cole Henry to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Nationals activated Cole Henry from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Cole Henry is scheduled to make another rehab appearance this weekend. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th	Cole Henry will pitch for Triple-A Rochester on his rehab assignment this weekend. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Cole Henry RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#83	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#25	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#99	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#80	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#75	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#99	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#30	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#131
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#411	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#169	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#403
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#176
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Derek Law		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#67	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Henry for Nick Mears (2026)

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