Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Sean Sullivan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 658	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	18	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.58	3.60
WHIP	1.38	1.60

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
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	Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	12

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	21.8	1.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	2

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	18	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.58	3.60

WHIP	1.38	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
News
	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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
	Justin Verlander SP - DET			Sean Sullivan SP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Sean Sullivan (2026)

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