Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 147	# 153
VBR	# 333	# 355

Projections

Strikeouts	21	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.15
WHIP	1.36	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 162	# 175

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 142	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 150	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	19

Games Started	27	19

Innings Pitched	134.2	86.1

Wins	5	3

Losses	13	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	150	80

Earned Runs	81	44

Home Runs Allowed	25	11

Strikeouts	141	102

Walks	47	42

ERA	5.41	4.59

WHIP	1.46	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	4	2

Innings Pitched	22.8	14.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	13

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.27	4.15

WHIP	1.36	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out nine over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Pirates. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 31st	Jack Flaherty is expected to be cleared to face live hitters soon. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Matthew Liberatore allowed eight earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out seven over four innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed three earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Reds. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed two earned runs on two hits and one walk while striking out six over 5.1 innings in Friday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Matthew Liberatore allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matthew Liberatore SP - STL			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#86	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#258
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#411
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#331	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#427
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Matthew Liberatore (2026)

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