Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 299	‐
VBR	# 506	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	38	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.03	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	3

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	6

Earned Runs	25	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	14	5

Walks	11	4

ERA	10.23	22.50

WHIP	1.73	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	42.3	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	42	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	5.03	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Butto for Max Scherzer (2026)

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