Who Should I Trade?

Josiah Gray for Justin Verlander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 550	# 1076

Projections

Strikeouts	32	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.76	5.73
WHIP	1.39	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 232	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	3.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	12.27	‐

WHIP	2.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	2

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	38.4	9.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	10

Earned Runs	20	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	32	9

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.76	5.73

WHIP	1.39	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
News
	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Josiah Gray threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	Nationals right-hander Josiah Gray (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the Nationals' training complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Josiah Gray played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Josiah Gray played catch on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Nationals say Josiah Gray will undergo additional testing. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Verlander SP - DET			Josiah Gray SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Josiah Gray for Justin Verlander (2026)

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