Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Drew Rasmussen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	‐
VBR	# 121	# 889

Projections

Strikeouts	57	7
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.26
WHIP	1.17	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 21	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 20	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	111.1	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	84	‐

Earned Runs	38	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	112	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	3.07	‐

WHIP	0.93	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	4

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	58.9	6.5

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	6

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	57	7

Walks	15	3

ERA	3.62	4.26

WHIP	1.17	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out nine across seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five across five innings in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	DJ Herz threw 38 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Drew Rasmussen (2026)

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