Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Mason Barnett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 439	# 892

Projections

Strikeouts	25	26
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.06	4.89
WHIP	1.36	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 177

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	15

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	91.2	29.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	25

Earned Runs	35	16

Home Runs Allowed	15	5

Strikeouts	93	29

Walks	34	14

ERA	3.44	4.85

WHIP	1.25	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	13

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	24.7	30.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	23	30

Earned Runs	11	16

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	25	26

Walks	9	13

ERA	4.06	4.89

WHIP	1.36	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
News
	Connelly Early will have his throwing program paused after he experienced forearm tightness in between innings of his live BP session this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. 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
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Mason Barnett (2026)

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