Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 75	# 139
VBR	# 494	# 368

Projections

Strikeouts	22	38
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.09	4.65
WHIP	1.36	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	# 123

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	# 325

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	# 54

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 110	# 75

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	19

Games Started	17	19

Innings Pitched	91.2	108.2

Wins	7	8

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	82

Earned Runs	35	37

Home Runs Allowed	15	11

Strikeouts	93	108

Walks	34	41

ERA	3.44	3.06

WHIP	1.25	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	4	8

Innings Pitched	22.0	41.7

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	40

Earned Runs	10	22

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	22	38

Walks	8	17

ERA	4.09	4.65

WHIP	1.36	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
News
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings in a win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Peter Lambert will start Sunday's series finale against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Peter Lambert allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in a win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Connelly Early progressed to throwing a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Peter Lambert will start Wednesday’s series finale against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
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			Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
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 Peter Lambert (2026)

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