Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 135	# 153
VBR	# 308	# 355

Projections

Strikeouts	24	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	4.15
WHIP	1.33	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 167	# 175

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	19

Games Started	15	19

Innings Pitched	128.1	86.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	7	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	134	80

Earned Runs	70	44

Home Runs Allowed	21	11

Strikeouts	122	102

Walks	41	42

ERA	4.91	4.59

WHIP	1.36	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	3

Games Started	4	2

Innings Pitched	24.5	14.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	13

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	24	15

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.38	4.15

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	Sean Manaea allowed five runs on 11 hits and one walk while striking out two across 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Sep 1st	Jack Flaherty is expected to be cleared to face live hitters soon. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Sean Manaea allowed six runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out three across 5.2 innings in Thursday's 8-2 loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 28th	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Sean Manaea allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Aug 21st	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Sean Manaea allowed four runs on six hits and two walks while striking out seven across 6.1 innings in Saturday's 5-4 win over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 16th	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on three hits and no walks while striking out 11 in Sunday's 11-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#218
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#258
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#245	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#411
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#172	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa		vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Sean Manaea (2026)

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