Who Should I Trade?

Connor Prielipp for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 179	# 299
VBR	# 381	# 503

Projections

Strikeouts	41	39
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	5.04
WHIP	1.39	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 179	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 162	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	13	6

Innings Pitched	66.2	22.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	27

Earned Runs	37	25

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	71	14

Walks	25	11

ERA	5.00	10.23

WHIP	1.37	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	8	8

Innings Pitched	41.0	43.3

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	43

Earned Runs	19	24

Home Runs Allowed	5	9

Strikeouts	41	39

Walks	16	14

ERA	4.17	5.04

WHIP	1.39	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Connor Prielipp threw 32 pitches for Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Twins placed LHP Connor Prielipp on the 15-day injured list with a blister. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	Connor Prielipp allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Guardians. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Connor Prielipp allowed two earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out 10 over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Connor Prielipp allowed three earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's 9-5 loss to the Diamondbacks. Matthew Adam Sat, Jun 20th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Connor Prielipp SP - MIN			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#296	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#148	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#60	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#64	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#58	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#200	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#241	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#104	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#104	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#43
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#134
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Prielipp for Max Scherzer (2026)

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