Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Kevin Gausman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	# 141
VBR	# 144	# 249

Projections

Strikeouts	77	70
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.28
WHIP	1.24	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 25	# 170

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 33	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 34	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 19	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 30	# 73

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	18

Games Started	20	18

Innings Pitched	112.1	82.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	106	76

Earned Runs	55	41

Home Runs Allowed	15	9

Strikeouts	116	98

Walks	32	40

ERA	4.41	4.48

WHIP	1.23	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	13	12

Innings Pitched	77.2	63.1

Wins	5	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	58

Earned Runs	35	30

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	77	70

Walks	23	24

ERA	4.05	4.28

WHIP	1.24	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	Jack Flaherty allowed two earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman allowed seven runs (four earned) across 5 1/3 innings while taking the loss against the Giants on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings while earning the win in a 3-0 victory over the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman pitched six innings of one-run ball, but took the loss on Tuesday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty pitched five scoreless innings with nine strikeouts in a no-decision on Sunday against the Astros. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Kevin Gausman allowed six earned runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Thursday’s 6-5 loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	The Tigers activated RHP Jack Flaherty from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Kevin Gausman allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out three over two innings in Friday's loss to the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	Tigers manager A.J Hinch confirmed that Jack Flaherty will be activated for Sunday’s series finale agains the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Gausman SP - TOR			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Kevin Gausman (2026)

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