Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Seth Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Seth Johnson SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 912	# 775

Projections

Strikeouts	8	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.60
WHIP	1.36	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Seth Johnson SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	14.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	11

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	18

Walks	‐	13

ERA	‐	6.14

WHIP	‐	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Seth Johnson SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	18

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	7.4	15.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	14

Earned Runs	3	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	14

Walks	3	7

ERA	4.17	4.60

WHIP	1.36	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	DJ Herz SP - WSH	Seth Johnson SP,RP - PHI
News
	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	The Philadelphia Phillies recalled Seth Johnson from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 16th
	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Phillies recalled Seth Johnson from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	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 Phillies optioned RHP Seth Johnson to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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	The Phillies recalled RHP Seth Johnson from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th	The Phillies optioned Seth Johnson to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	DJ Herz SP - WSH			Seth Johnson SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#311	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TB
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Seth Johnson (2026)

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