Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Connor Prielipp (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	# 178
VBR	# 499	# 346

Projections

Strikeouts	22	38
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	4.19
WHIP	1.36	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 110	# 126

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 162

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	# 143

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	15

Games Started	17	15

Innings Pitched	91.2	77.2

Wins	7	3

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	72

Earned Runs	35	41

Home Runs Allowed	15	9

Strikeouts	93	81

Walks	34	30

ERA	3.44	4.75

WHIP	1.25	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	11

Games Started	4	7

Innings Pitched	22.5	37.8

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	36

Earned Runs	10	18

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	22	38

Walks	8	15

ERA	4.10	4.19

WHIP	1.36	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
News
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Connor Prielipp allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 2nd
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Connor Prielipp allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 11-8 win over the Athletics. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 27th
	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Connor Prielipp (blister) has been activated from the IL and will start Sunday vs the A's. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th
	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Twins could activate Connor Prielipp from the injured list this weekend. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Connelly Early progressed to throwing a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Connor Prielipp threw 32 pitches for Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Connor Prielipp SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
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)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
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
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
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
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
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
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Connor Prielipp (2026)

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