Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	George Klassen SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	‐
VBR	# 66	# 855

Projections

Strikeouts	66	12
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.28	4.70
WHIP	1.12	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	2

Games Started	17	2

Innings Pitched	103.0	4.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	7

Earned Runs	29	6

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	123	6

Walks	23	10

ERA	2.53	11.57

WHIP	0.92	3.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	George Klassen SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	58.8	13.4

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	13

Earned Runs	21	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	66	12

Walks	16	6

ERA	3.28	4.70

WHIP	1.12	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	George Klassen SP - LAA
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	The Angels optioned RHP George Klassen to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	George Klassen left Saturday’s start against the Reds with a right index fingernail contusion. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	George Klassen lasted just 2.2 innings in his major league debut on Sunday after allowing two runs on three hits while walking five and striking out four. The Angels went on to defeat the Mariners, 8-7, in 11 innings. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	The Angels selected the contract of RHP George Klassen from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	The Angels have reassigned right-hander George Klassen to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			George Klassen SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th				vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

George Klassen for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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