Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Max Fried SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 18	# 40
VBR	# 134	# 179

Projections

Strikeouts	74	54
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.58	3.43
WHIP	1.26	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	# 53

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 27	# 43

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 12	# 31

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 17	# 36

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	# 42

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 42	# 17

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	10

Games Started	7	10

Innings Pitched	35.1	61.2

Wins	1	4

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	43

Earned Runs	14	22

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	39	50

Walks	22	19

ERA	3.57	3.21

WHIP	1.39	1.01

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	68.3	58.4

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	52

Earned Runs	27	22

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	74	54

Walks	24	18

ERA	3.58	3.43

WHIP	1.26	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Max Fried SP - NYY
News
	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	Max Fried could begin a rehab assignment as early as Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried faced hitters again on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
	Hunter Brown will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Max Fried is scheduled for another 35-pitch live BP session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Hunter Brown allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out four over three innings in Monday’s loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 23rd	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice again on Sunday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			Max Fried SP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#244
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#200
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#315	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#314
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#117	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#246	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#203
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#350
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-1)	#231	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#308
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Brown for Max Fried (2026)

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