Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	# 299
VBR	# 116	# 506

Projections

Strikeouts	62	38
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	5.03
WHIP	1.18	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 31	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 21	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 33	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	6

Games Started	18	6

Innings Pitched	99.1	22.0

Wins	7	1

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	76	27

Earned Runs	36	25

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	98	14

Walks	17	11

ERA	3.26	10.23

WHIP	0.94	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	8

Innings Pitched	64.8	42.3

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	42

Earned Runs	26	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	62	38

Walks	16	13

ERA	3.63	5.03

WHIP	1.18	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Drew Rasmussen allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out seven across seven in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, May 9th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Max Scherzer (2026)

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