Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Jonah Tong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jonah Tong SP - NYM	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 863	# 889

Projections

Strikeouts	9	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.26
WHIP	1.37	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 277	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonah Tong SP - NYM	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	10.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	3.60	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonah Tong SP - NYM	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	4

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	8.5	6.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	7

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.15	4.26

WHIP	1.37	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonah Tong SP - NYM	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	The Mets are optioning Jonah Tong to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Senga (back) could return from the injured list as soon as next week, leaving Tong without a guaranteed major-league spot. The Mets could shift him to the bullpen for a longer look against big-league hitters. Across three bulk-relief assignments this season, Tong has a 3.60 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and 7:7 K:BB over 10 innings, with walks limiting his ability to work deep into games. Bruno Mulé Wed, Jun 3rd	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
	Senga (back) is expected to return to the Mets' rotation soon, which could push Tong back to Triple-A, where he struggled earlier this season. Tong entered Wednesday as a bulk reliever behind opener Huascar Brazoban, who threw one inning, in his second such appearance of the year. Bruno Mulé Thu, May 28th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jonah Tong will make a bulk relief appearance on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jonah Tong is expected to pitch again on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	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
	Jonah Tong SP - NYM			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Jonah Tong (2026)

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