Who Should I Trade?

Josh Hader for Matt Krook (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Matt Krook RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 34	‐
VBR	# 158	# 872

Projections

Strikeouts	31	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.03	4.49
WHIP	1.12	1.60

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 51	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Matt Krook RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	8.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	10	10

Earned Runs	3	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	33	9

Walks	8	7

ERA	1.35	9.72

WHIP	0.90	2.04

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Matt Krook RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.6	15.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	15	15

Earned Runs	8	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	31	15

Walks	9	8

ERA	3.03	4.49

WHIP	1.12	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Matt Krook RP - WSH
News
	Josh Hader struck out one batter in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Nationals are expected to activate Matt Krook on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Josh Hader allowed one walk while striking out two over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Nationals claimed Matt Krook off waivers from the Athletics. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Josh Hader struck out two batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 6-4 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	The Athletics designated LHP Matt Krook for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Josh Hader struck out one over one scoreless frame to pick up the save in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Athletics selected the contract of LHP Matt Krook from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Josh Hader struck out two and allowed one walk over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Wednesday’s 3-1 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Hader RP - HOU			Matt Krook RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Hader for Matt Krook (2026)

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