Who Should I Trade?

Dean Kremer for Jack Flaherty (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Dean Kremer SP - MIN	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 205	# 153
VBR	# 354	# 345

Projections

Strikeouts	22	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.21
WHIP	1.34	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 175

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 106	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dean Kremer SP - MIN	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	19

Games Started	12	19

Innings Pitched	62.2	86.1

Wins	2	3

Losses	5	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	80

Earned Runs	39	44

Home Runs Allowed	15	11

Strikeouts	61	102

Walks	22	42

ERA	5.60	4.59

WHIP	1.26	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dean Kremer SP - MIN	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	24.5	15.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	14

Earned Runs	12	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	17

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.36	4.21

WHIP	1.34	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dean Kremer SP - MIN	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	Dean Kremer allowed five earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over four innings in Friday's 7-4 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 29th	Jack Flaherty is expected to be cleared to face live hitters soon. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Dean Kremer allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the Padres. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Dean Kremer allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Phillies. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 17th	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Dean Kremer allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Monday's 9-5 win over the Orioles. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Dean Kremer allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out two over five innings in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to the Royals. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 6th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said he now expects Jack Flaherty's IL stint to be "more than the minimum." Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dean Kremer SP - MIN			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#216	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#189	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#217	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#212
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#235	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#215
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#112	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#243
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#417	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#236	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#178

Who Should I Trade?

Dean Kremer for Jack Flaherty (2026)

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