Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 124	# 714

Projections

Strikeouts	56	18
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	4.66
WHIP	1.19	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 245

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	20	1

Innings Pitched	120.0	3.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	130	6

Earned Runs	53	5

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	107	1

Walks	25	2

ERA	3.98	12.27

WHIP	1.29	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	58.0	21.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	22

Earned Runs	24	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	56	18

Walks	12	7

ERA	3.78	4.66

WHIP	1.19	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Justin Verlander (2026)

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