Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Taj Bradley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	‐
VBR	# 218	# 883

Projections

Strikeouts	63	8
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.21
WHIP	1.32	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 127	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	114.2	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	94	‐

Earned Runs	47	‐

Home Runs Allowed	17	‐

Strikeouts	129	‐

Walks	46	‐

ERA	3.69	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	4

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	60.4	7.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	6

Earned Runs	29	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	63	8

Walks	23	3

ERA	4.30	4.21

WHIP	1.32	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Taj Bradley allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out five over seven innings in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Taj Bradley didn't have his sharpest command, and the Cubs were happy to cash in. Matthew Adam 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
	Taj Bradley will start for the Twins on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Taj Bradley allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 13th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Taj Bradley was sharp and efficient on Tuesday, needing just 101 pitches to cruise through seven innings and keep Cleveland mostly quiet. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Taj Bradley SP - MIN			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th				@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Taj Bradley (2026)

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