Who Should I Trade?

JP Sears for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Fried SP - NYY	JP Sears SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 37	‐
VBR	# 179	# 514

Projections

Strikeouts	54	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.42	4.73
WHIP	1.24	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	# 133

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	61.2	19.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	20

Earned Runs	22	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	50	17

Walks	19	8

ERA	3.21	5.03

WHIP	1.01	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	58.5	43.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	43

Earned Runs	22	23

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	54	36

Walks	18	13

ERA	3.42	4.73

WHIP	1.24	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	JP Sears SP - SD
News
	Max Fried could begin a rehab assignment as early as Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	JP Sears allowed three runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	JP Sears allowed one hit over five scoreless innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried faced hitters again on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	JP Sears allowed seven runs (six earned) on eight hits across 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Max Fried is scheduled for another 35-pitch live BP session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	JP Sears allowed two runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice again on Sunday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Padres recalled JP Sears from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Fried SP - NYY			JP Sears SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#218	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#284
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#150	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#178
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#249
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#167	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#254	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#300	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#309	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#146
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#190
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#136
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

JP Sears for Max Fried (2026)

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