Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Lucas Braun (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 940	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.77	5.08
WHIP	1.37	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 129	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	37.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.82	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	13

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	7.4	2.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	3

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.77	5.08

WHIP	1.37	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB	Lucas Braun SP - ATL
News
	The Rays activated Jesse Scholtens from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB			Lucas Braun SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th				@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Lucas Braun (2026)

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