Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Patrick Sandoval (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 153	‐
VBR	# 390	# 439

Projections

Strikeouts	21	24
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.16
WHIP	1.34	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 149	# 443

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	8

Games Started	19	8

Innings Pitched	86.1	39.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	52

Earned Runs	44	20

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	102	41

Walks	42	18

ERA	4.59	4.54

WHIP	1.41	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	7

Games Started	4	4

Innings Pitched	19.2	26.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	26

Earned Runs	9	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	21	24

Walks	7	11

ERA	4.26	4.16

WHIP	1.34	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
News
	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Patrick Sandoval allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out six over four innings in Sunday's 8-3 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th
	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	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on six hits and four walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	Patrick Sandoval allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET			Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#396
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Patrick Sandoval (2026)

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