Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 83	# 319
VBR	# 500	# 523

Projections

Strikeouts	10	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	4.82
WHIP	1.38	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 249

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	11

Games Started	17	11

Innings Pitched	91.2	45.0

Wins	7	1

Losses	5	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	48

Earned Runs	35	37

Home Runs Allowed	15	12

Strikeouts	93	32

Walks	34	20

ERA	3.44	7.40

WHIP	1.25	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	6

Games Started	2	5

Innings Pitched	9.6	25.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	25

Earned Runs	4	14

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	10	23

Walks	4	8

ERA	3.88	4.82

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Max Scherzer allowed seven earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Max Scherzer allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	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	Max Scherzer allowed two earned runs on five hits and no walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Max Scherzer allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer allowed one earned runs on four hits and three walks across 2 2/3 innings while taking a no-decision against the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connelly Early SP - WSH			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams	#426	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET

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Connelly Early for Max Scherzer (2026)

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