Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Mitch Bratt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 658	# 582

Projections

Strikeouts	18	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	4.46
WHIP	1.38	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	5

Games Started	1	5

Innings Pitched	3.2	20.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	23

Earned Runs	5	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	1	12

Walks	2	15

ERA	12.27	5.23

WHIP	2.18	1.84

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	8

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	21.8	20.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	20

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	17

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.58	4.46

WHIP	1.38	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
News
	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Mitch Bratt allowed one run on three hits over five innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	Mitch Bratt allowed five runs on seven hits over five innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a loss on Saturday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Mitch Bratt allowed two runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Mitch Bratt allowed three runs on three hits over three innings with three walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Diamondbacks recalled RHP Mitch Bratt from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Verlander SP - DET			Mitch Bratt SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Mitch Bratt (2026)

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