Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Patrick Sandoval (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS	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	# 438	# 867

Projections

Strikeouts	36	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.04
WHIP	1.46	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	14.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	3.21	‐

WHIP	1.64	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	4

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	39.5	6.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	6

Earned Runs	19	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	36	7

Walks	17	3

ERA	4.24	4.04

WHIP	1.46	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Patrick Sandoval allowed five hits and two walks while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Patrick Sandoval allowed four earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Patrick Sandoval will start on Saturday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Patrick Sandoval is expected to make his season debut for the Red Sox on Thursday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Red Sox activated LHP Patrick Sandoval from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#208	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#389	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
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 (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
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 Patrick Sandoval (2026)

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