Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Kris Bubic (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	‐
VBR	# 530	# 728

Projections

Strikeouts	6	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.76
WHIP	1.24	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	# 265

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	1

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	50.1	3.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	6

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	51	1

Walks	26	2

ERA	4.11	12.27

WHIP	1.23	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	1

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.4	4.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	4

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	2	2

ERA	3.68	4.76

WHIP	1.24	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Kris Bubic began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on September 1. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	Justin Verlander remains hopeful to return before the end of this season. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Kris Bubic is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Justin Verlander played catch off the bullpen mound. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Kris Bubic is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Justin Verlander threw off the front of the bullpen mound on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#23	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#411	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#131	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#407	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#228
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#203
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#163
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#25	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#411	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#93	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#339
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#261
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#277	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#179	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#303	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#285	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#260	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#169
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#96	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#166	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#25	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#411	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#176	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#66	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#275	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#151	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#56
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#228	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#403
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#228	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#153	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#140
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Kris Bubic (2026)

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