Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Luzardo for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	‐
VBR	# 72	# 550

Projections

Strikeouts	75	32
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.45	4.76
WHIP	1.21	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 15	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 15	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 31	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 23	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 245

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	21	1

Innings Pitched	122.1	3.2

Wins	9	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	106	6

Earned Runs	50	5

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	152	1

Walks	38	2

ERA	3.68	12.27

WHIP	1.18	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	12	7

Innings Pitched	66.1	38.4

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	38

Earned Runs	25	20

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	75	32

Walks	21	13

ERA	3.45	4.76

WHIP	1.21	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just one run on three hits and a walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's 1-0 loss to the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jesus Luzardo gave up one run on just two hits and two walks while striking out seven across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo will start on Saturday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just two hits and two walks while racking up 11 strikeouts over seven shutout innings in Thursday's 1-0 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Jesus Luzardo gave up just one run on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's 6-1 win against the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jesus Luzardo for Justin Verlander (2026)

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