Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Ty Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Ty Johnson SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 737	# 899

Projections

Strikeouts	17	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.34
WHIP	1.39	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 245	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Ty Johnson SP,RP - TB
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	Ty Johnson SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	4

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	21.0	4.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	4

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	7	2

ERA	4.68	4.34

WHIP	1.39	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Ty Johnson SP,RP - TB
News
	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rays have reassigned right-hander Ty Johnson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	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			Ty Johnson SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Ty Johnson (2026)

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