Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 153	# 178
VBR	# 383	# 552

Projections

Strikeouts	13	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.20	4.40
WHIP	1.36	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	# 179

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 149	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	# 292

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	15

Games Started	19	15

Innings Pitched	86.1	83.1

Wins	3	3

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	81

Earned Runs	44	46

Home Runs Allowed	11	18

Strikeouts	102	62

Walks	42	22

ERA	4.59	4.97

WHIP	1.41	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	6

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	11.9	10.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	10

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	9

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.20	4.40

WHIP	1.36	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
News
	Jack Flaherty is expected to be cleared to face live hitters soon. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Ryne Nelson will “most likely return in a bullpen role.” Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd
	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Ryne Nelson faced hitters in a 21-pitch simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
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			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#166	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#264
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#162
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#195	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#174	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#238
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#153	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#415
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#310	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#389
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#170	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#310
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#407	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#372
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#141	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#160
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#360
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#183	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#358	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Ryne Nelson (2026)

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