Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Jose Quintana (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Quintana SP - COL	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	# 1102	# 850

Projections

Strikeouts	11	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.34	3.94
WHIP	1.60	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Quintana SP - COL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	41.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	5.27	‐

WHIP	1.51	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Quintana SP - COL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	3

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	17.4	5.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	4

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	11	5

Walks	7	2

ERA	5.34	3.94

WHIP	1.60	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Quintana SP - COL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Jose Quintana has progressed to throwing long toss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	DJ Herz threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jose Quintana is continuing to progress through his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jose Quintana begin playing catch on Monday in Los Angeles. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Rockies left-hander Jose Quintana (elbow) is progressing, but has yet to resume throwing. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said that Jose Quintana received a PRP shot in his elbow to promote healing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th	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
	Jose Quintana SP - COL			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Jose Quintana (2026)

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