Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Marco Raya (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 546	# 1064

Projections

Strikeouts	36	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.74	4.66
WHIP	1.38	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 229	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	3

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	3.2	6.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	5

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	1	4

Walks	2	3

ERA	12.27	3.00

WHIP	2.18	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	43.9	10.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	10

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	36	9

Walks	15	4

ERA	4.74	4.66

WHIP	1.38	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
News
	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	Marco Raya (shoulder) was placed on the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Twins recalled Marco Raya from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Twins have optioned right-hander Marco Raya to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Justin Verlander has been scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday with a hamstring injury and is expected to miss weeks. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Verlander SP - DET			Marco Raya SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Marco Raya (2026)

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