Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 324
VBR	# 595	# 934

Projections

Strikeouts	17	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.52	4.44
WHIP	1.43	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 353

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 268	# 277

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	20.0

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	36	16

Earned Runs	15	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	35	16

Walks	20	12

ERA	2.74	3.60

WHIP	1.14	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	21	7

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	7

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.52	4.44

WHIP	1.43	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
News
		The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
		Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
		The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
		Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
		Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	JT Brubaker RP - SF			Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Thu, Mar 26th				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Nate Pearson (2026)

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