Who Should I Trade?

David Peterson for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 152	‐
VBR	# 329	# 623

Projections

Strikeouts	22	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.67
WHIP	1.42	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 138	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 112	# 256

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	1

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	118.1	3.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	7	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	129	6

Earned Runs	68	5

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	103	1

Walks	49	2

ERA	5.17	12.27

WHIP	1.50	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	2

Games Started	4	2

Innings Pitched	25.3	10.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	22	9

Walks	10	4

ERA	3.99	4.67

WHIP	1.42	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	David Peterson allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out eight across six innings in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 22nd	Justin Verlander played catch off the bullpen mound. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	The Cubs are moving David Peterson to their bullpen. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Justin Verlander threw off the front of the bullpen mound on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	David Peterson allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits and three walks while striking out six across five innings in Wednesday's 12-6 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 13th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	David Peterson allowed one run on seven hits and three walks while striking out three across five innings in Thursday's 3-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Aug 6th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	David Peterson allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits without issuing a walk while striking out eight over 6.1 innings in Saturday's 5-2 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

David Peterson for Justin Verlander (2026)

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