Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	‐
VBR	# 136	# 538

Projections

Strikeouts	69	32
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.74
WHIP	1.28	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 47	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 31	# 232

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	1

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	40.0	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	6

Earned Runs	18	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	43	1

Walks	28	2

ERA	4.05	12.27

WHIP	1.45	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	7

Games Started	11	7

Innings Pitched	64.0	38.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	39

Earned Runs	26	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	69	32

Walks	24	13

ERA	3.63	4.74

WHIP	1.28	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Hunter Brown allowed four earned runs on three hits and six walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Hunter Brown will start on Sunday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Hunter Brown allowed three earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out four over six innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Hunter Brown allowed six earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out three over four innings in Saturday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Hunter Brown allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in a win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Justin Verlander has been scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday with a hamstring injury and is expected to miss weeks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Justin Verlander (2026)

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