Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Winston Santos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 700	# 960

Projections

Strikeouts	17	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	4.70
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 245	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	1

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	3.2	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	2

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	1	1

Walks	2	1

ERA	12.27	9.00

WHIP	2.18	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	6

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	20.8	3.6

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	1

Strikeouts	17	3

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.59	4.70

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Verlander SP - DET	Winston Santos SP - TEX
News
	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Rangers have optioned right-hander Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Rangers recalled RHP Winston Santos from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Rangers optioned Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander has been named to the American League All-Star roster as a legend pick. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Rangers pitching prospect Winston Santos has joined the club for Wednesday's game against the Marlins. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 24th
	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander (hamstring) has resumed playing catch. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Rangers optioned RHP Winston Santos to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Verlander SP - DET			Winston Santos SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Winston Santos (2026)

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