Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Hunter Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	# 74
VBR	# 128	# 509

Projections

Strikeouts	66	25
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.59	4.08
WHIP	1.26	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	# 108

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	# 70

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	# 62

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 63

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 30	# 190

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	# 93

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	17

Games Started	9	17

Innings Pitched	47.0	91.2

Wins	2	7

Losses	1	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	81

Earned Runs	18	35

Home Runs Allowed	5	15

Strikeouts	50	93

Walks	28	34

ERA	3.45	3.44

WHIP	1.28	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	10	5

Innings Pitched	61.2	24.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	23

Earned Runs	24	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	66	25

Walks	22	9

ERA	3.59	4.08

WHIP	1.26	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Connelly Early SP - WSH
News
	Hunter Brown allowed two hits while striking out seven over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 4-1 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Hunter Brown allowed four earned runs on three hits and six walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Hunter Brown will start on Sunday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Hunter Brown allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Connelly Early progressed to throwing a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Hunter Brown allowed six earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			Connelly Early SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#333	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Hunter Brown (2026)

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