Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Sean Newcomb (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 219	‐
VBR	# 432	# 737

Projections

Strikeouts	20	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.85	4.67
WHIP	1.37	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 135	# 245

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	1

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	59.2	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	8	0

Hits Allowed	48	6

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	56	1

Walks	22	2

ERA	2.87	12.27

WHIP	1.17	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	4

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	21.2	21.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	20	21

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	20	17

Walks	8	7

ERA	3.85	4.67

WHIP	1.37	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Sean Newcomb struck out four while not allowing a hit or walk over three scoreless innings in Saturday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Sean Newcomb was removed from Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with a left triceps contusion. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
		Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
		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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Newcomb SP,RP - CWS			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#177	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#129	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Sean Newcomb (2026)

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