Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Nathan Eovaldi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 30	‐
VBR	# 106	# 700

Projections

Strikeouts	55	17
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	4.59
WHIP	1.18	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 24	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 40	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 72	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 45	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	# 245

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	21	1

Innings Pitched	127.1	3.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	124	6

Earned Runs	61	5

Home Runs Allowed	24	1

Strikeouts	135	1

Walks	30	2

ERA	4.31	12.27

WHIP	1.21	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	4

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	55.8	20.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	21

Earned Runs	23	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	55	17

Walks	14	7

ERA	3.70	4.59

WHIP	1.18	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Nathan Eovaldi allowed six earned runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Friday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Nathan Eovaldi allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out eight over seven innings in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Nathan Eovaldi allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Nathan Eovaldi is feeling under the weather coming out of the All-Star break, but he could start Sunday against the Braves. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Nathan Eovaldi earned the win Thursday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on six hits and one walk over five innings. He struck out nine and generated 18 swinging strikes. Eovaldi opened with four scoreless frames before surrendering two home runs in the fifth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Nathan Eovaldi (2026)

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