Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 112	# 850

Projections

Strikeouts	52	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	3.94
WHIP	1.20	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	127.0	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	135	‐

Earned Runs	53	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	110	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	3.76	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	3

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	54.3	5.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	4

Earned Runs	23	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	52	5

Walks	11	2

ERA	3.83	3.94

WHIP	1.20	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	George Kirby allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	DJ Herz threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jeff Passan reports multiple teams have engaged the Mariners in a potential trade for George Kirby. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for George Kirby (2026)

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