Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Marco Raya (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 77	‐
VBR	# 418	# 999

Projections

Strikeouts	32	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.64
WHIP	1.36	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 114	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 159	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	3

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	6.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	5

Earned Runs	35	2

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	93	4

Walks	34	3

ERA	3.44	3.00

WHIP	1.25	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	13

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	32.8	10.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	10

Earned Runs	15	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	32	9

Walks	12	5

ERA	4.15	4.64

WHIP	1.36	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - BOS	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
News
	Red Sox left-hander Connelly Early (elbow) has ramped up his throwing distance to 120 feet. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Marco Raya (shoulder) was placed on the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw out to 90 feet on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Twins recalled Marco Raya from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Connelly Early is scheduled to continue to throw on Friday and Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Twins have optioned right-hander Marco Raya to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Connelly Early threw over the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Connelly Early went for a second opinion that confirmed the diagnosis of posterior elbow inflammation/irritation. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - BOS			Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#350	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#200	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Marco Raya (2026)

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