Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 16	# 310
VBR	# 68	# 459

Projections

Strikeouts	78	37
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.45	4.96
WHIP	1.22	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 235

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	20	7

Innings Pitched	119.1	24.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	78	31

Earned Runs	32	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	174	18

Walks	51	14

ERA	2.41	9.49

WHIP	1.08	1.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	60.0	40.3

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	39

Earned Runs	23	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	78	37

Walks	24	13

ERA	3.45	4.96

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Dylan Cease allowed one hit and three walks while striking out 12 over nine innings in Saturday's win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer allowed one earned runs on four hits and three walks across 2 2/3 innings while taking a no-decision against the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Blue Jays activated Max Scherzer from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Max Scherzer will return to start on Monday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs CIN

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Dylan Cease for Max Scherzer (2026)

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