Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for JP Sears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	JP Sears SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 153	‐
VBR	# 390	# 788

Projections

Strikeouts	21	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.42
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	8

Games Started	19	6

Innings Pitched	86.1	32.2

Wins	3	3

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	33

Earned Runs	44	17

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	102	25

Walks	42	11

ERA	4.59	4.68

WHIP	1.41	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	4.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	4

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.26	4.42

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	JP Sears SP - SD
News
	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Padres optioned LHP JP Sears to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	JP Sears allowed three runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Thursday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	JP Sears allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said he now expects Jack Flaherty's IL stint to be "more than the minimum." Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	JP Sears may not make his scheduled start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	JP Sears allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET			JP Sears SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#317
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#152
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for JP Sears (2026)

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