Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Sean Burke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 78	# 83
VBR	# 314	# 500

Projections

Strikeouts	33	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	3.88
WHIP	1.35	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	# 107

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	# 100

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 102	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 60	# 93

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	# 63

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 70

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	17

Games Started	22	17

Innings Pitched	146.0	91.2

Wins	7	7

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	120	81

Earned Runs	53	35

Home Runs Allowed	17	15

Strikeouts	158	93

Walks	42	34

ERA	3.27	3.44

WHIP	1.11	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	2

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	32.7	9.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	9

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	33	10

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.18	3.88

WHIP	1.35	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Connelly Early SP - WSH
News
	Sean Burke allowed four earned runs on seven hits while striking out four over six innings in Friday's win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Sean Burke allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out two over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out eight over seven innings in Tuesday’s 5-4 loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	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
	Sean Burke allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Sean Burke allowed three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS			Connelly Early SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#426
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Sean Burke (2026)

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