Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	‐
VBR	# 441	# 527

Projections

Strikeouts	41	32
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.04	4.52
WHIP	1.35	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 327

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	3

Innings Pitched	22.0	22.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	21

Earned Runs	25	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	14	23

Walks	11	10

ERA	10.23	4.03

WHIP	1.73	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	8	6

Innings Pitched	46.2	42.8

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	44

Earned Runs	26	21

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	41	32

Walks	15	15

ERA	5.04	4.52

WHIP	1.35	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
News
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to Milwaukee. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Hunter Dobbins to start Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Hunter Dobbins allowed three earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out five over 4.1 innings in Thursday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Hunter Dobbins will start for the Cardinals on Thursday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Max Scherzer told reporters he will make a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol told reporters Hunter Dobbins is being moved into the rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Dobbins for Max Scherzer (2026)

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