Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Ryan Sloan (2026)

Summary
Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 551	# 910

Projections

Strikeouts	36	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.17
WHIP	1.39	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 229	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	3.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	6	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	12.27	‐

WHIP	2.18	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	43.2	6.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	6

Earned Runs	23	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	36	6

Walks	15	2

ERA	4.73	4.17

WHIP	1.39	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
News
	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	Ryan Sloan will open the season with Double-A Arkansas. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Righthander Ryan Sloan has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Sun, Mar 15th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Verlander SP - DET			Ryan Sloan SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#234
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th				@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Ryan Sloan (2026)

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