Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Tanner Gordon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - 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	# 959	# 883

Projections

Strikeouts	29	8
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.49	4.21
WHIP	1.46	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	56.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	73	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	5.95	‐

WHIP	1.52	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	37.3	7.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	6

Earned Runs	23	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	29	8

Walks	9	3

ERA	5.49	4.21

WHIP	1.46	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Tanner Gordon allowed one earned run on eight hits while striking out one over five innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Sunday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Tanner Gordon allowed five earned runs on nine hits while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	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 Rockies activated RHP Tanner Gordon from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Tanner Gordon is expected to be activated for Tuesday’s game against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tanner Gordon SP,RP - COL			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
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 (10-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
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 Tanner Gordon (2026)

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