Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Spencer Strider (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 118	# 139
VBR	# 817	# 336

Projections

Strikeouts	12	44
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.18	4.26
WHIP	1.28	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 142	# 171

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 92	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 200	# 91

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	19

Games Started	8	19

Innings Pitched	39.0	86.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	80

Earned Runs	23	44

Home Runs Allowed	9	11

Strikeouts	46	102

Walks	20	42

ERA	5.31	4.59

WHIP	1.36	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	8

Games Started	2	8

Innings Pitched	10.1	39.9

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	37

Earned Runs	5	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	12	44

Walks	4	15

ERA	4.18	4.26

WHIP	1.28	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	Spencer Strider is reportedly unlikely to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Spencer Strider remains uncertain to pitch again this season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
	The Braves transferred Spencer Strider to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty allowed three earned runs across four innings in a no-decision against the Cubs on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
	Spencer Strider will be shut down from throwing for four weeks. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Jack Flaherty allowed two earned runs on two hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Spencer Strider underwent an MRI that didn’t show any ligament damage. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings while earning the win in a 3-0 victory over the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Spencer Strider SP - ATL			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 16th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Spencer Strider (2026)

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