Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Max Meyer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	# 153
VBR	‐	# 390

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	21
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.26
WHIP	‐	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 138	# 175

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	# 195

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 135

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 149

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	20	19

Innings Pitched	111.0	86.1

Wins	9	3

Losses	1	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	80

Earned Runs	33	44

Home Runs Allowed	11	11

Strikeouts	121	102

Walks	41	42

ERA	2.68	4.59

WHIP	1.14	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	4

Innings Pitched	‐	19.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	18

Earned Runs	‐	9

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	21

Walks	‐	7

ERA	‐	4.26

WHIP	‐	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	Max Meyer is contining a non-throw rehab. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Max Meyer received a cortisone shot for his neck injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	The Marlins say Max Meyer will be re-evaluated next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Max Meyer has been shut down from throwing for another two weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Max Meyer is back in Miami after visiting a neck specialist in LA. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval 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
	Max Meyer SP - MIA			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#183	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Max Meyer (2026)

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