Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Jake Bennett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	‐
VBR	# 359	# 899

Projections

Strikeouts	34	8
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.03
WHIP	1.35	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	53.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.35	‐

WHIP	0.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	45.2	7.7

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	7

Earned Runs	22	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.29	4.03

WHIP	1.35	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jake Bennett earned the win Friday against the Angels after allowing two runs on five hits over 7.2 innings. He struck out six and threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes in his longest outing of the season. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jake Bennett earned the win Saturday against the Yankees after allowing one run on three hits and two walks over 6.1 innings. He struck out three while throwing 59 of his 87 pitches for strikes in Boston’s 4-1 victory. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Jake Bennett (2026)

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