Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 153	# 224
VBR	# 396	# 497

Projections

Strikeouts	19	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.11	4.43
WHIP	1.36	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 149	# 209

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 135	# 132

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	23

Games Started	19	21

Innings Pitched	86.1	110.0

Wins	3	4

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	128

Earned Runs	44	62

Home Runs Allowed	11	17

Strikeouts	102	88

Walks	42	37

ERA	4.59	5.07

WHIP	1.41	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	8

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	17.2	12.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	13

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	19	11

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.11	4.43

WHIP	1.36	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jack Flaherty SP - DET	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
News
	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Slade Cecconi is scheduled to throw a bullpen session this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Guardians placed Slade Cecconi on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Guardians will move Slade Cecconi to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
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			Slade Cecconi SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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