Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Ryan Weathers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 97	‐
VBR	# 696	# 549

Projections

Strikeouts	4	8
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.58
WHIP	1.23	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 91	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 108	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 120	# 256

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Weathers SP - NYY	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	1

Games Started	25	1

Innings Pitched	137.1	3.2

Wins	5	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	130	6

Earned Runs	55	5

Home Runs Allowed	18	1

Strikeouts	143	1

Walks	38	2

ERA	3.60	12.27

WHIP	1.22	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Weathers SP - NYY	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	4.3	9.6

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	9

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	4	8

Walks	1	4

ERA	4.08	4.58

WHIP	1.23	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Weathers SP - NYY	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Ryan Weathers (forearm) was placed on the 15-day IL on Sunday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 23rd	Justin Verlander played catch off the bullpen mound. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Ryan Weathers exited Saturday’s contests between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays due to left forearm discomfort. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 22nd	Justin Verlander threw off the front of the bullpen mound on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Ryan Weathers allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 7 1/3 innings in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Ryan Weathers allowed one earned run on two hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s 4-1 win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 12th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Ryan Weathers allowed four hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Weathers SP - NYY			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Ryan Weathers (2026)

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