Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	# 85
VBR	# 437	# 267

Projections

Strikeouts	33	52
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.14
WHIP	1.37	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 113	# 164

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	# 82

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 61	# 102

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 111

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 49

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	# 87

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	18

Games Started	17	15

Innings Pitched	91.2	87.2

Wins	7	3

Losses	5	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	81	91

Earned Runs	35	48

Home Runs Allowed	15	12

Strikeouts	93	81

Walks	34	28

ERA	3.44	4.93

WHIP	1.25	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	14

Games Started	7	9

Innings Pitched	33.9	55.6

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	53

Earned Runs	16	26

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	33	52

Walks	13	17

ERA	4.15	4.14

WHIP	1.37	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
News
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw out to 90 feet on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Connelly Early is scheduled to continue to throw on Friday and Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw over the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Connelly Early went for a second opinion that confirmed the diagnosis of posterior elbow inflammation/irritation. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early (elbow) will see Dr. Keith Meister on Thursday for a second opinion after an MRI revealed he has posterior elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - BOS			Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#319
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#259	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#378	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#435	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Sat, Jun 6th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Luis Castillo (2026)

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