Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Winston Santos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 75	‐
VBR	# 494	# 960

Projections

Strikeouts	23	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	4.70
WHIP	1.36	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 110	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 63	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 198	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	1

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	2.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	2

Earned Runs	35	2

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	93	1

Walks	34	1

ERA	3.44	9.00

WHIP	1.25	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	6

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	3.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	4

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	23	3

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.10	4.70

WHIP	1.36	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connelly Early SP - WSH	Winston Santos SP - TEX
News
	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Rangers have optioned right-hander Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Rangers recalled RHP Winston Santos from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Connelly Early is expected to make a rehab start on August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Rangers optioned Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Red Sox have traded Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Rangers pitching prospect Winston Santos has joined the club for Wednesday's game against the Marlins. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 24th
	Connelly Early progressed to throwing a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers optioned RHP Winston Santos to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
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			Winston Santos SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#337
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Winston Santos (2026)

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