Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for McCade Brown (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	McCade Brown SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 889	# 1061

Projections

Strikeouts	7	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.85
WHIP	1.39	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	6.5	6.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	7

Earned Runs	3	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	6

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.26	4.85

WHIP	1.39	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	McCade Brown is continuing his throwing progression in Arizona. Ari Koslow 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	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	DJ Herz SP - WSH			McCade Brown SP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
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 McCade Brown (2026)

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