Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Zack Wheeler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 9	‐
VBR	# 59	# 737

Projections

Strikeouts	66	17
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.27	4.67
WHIP	1.12	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 12	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 245

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 20	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	1

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	103.0	3.2

Wins	10	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	6

Earned Runs	29	5

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	123	1

Walks	23	2

ERA	2.53	12.27

WHIP	0.92	2.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	58.7	21.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	21

Earned Runs	21	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	66	17

Walks	16	7

ERA	3.27	4.67

WHIP	1.12	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Verlander SP - DET
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up five runs on six hits and a walk while striking out six over just three innings in Monday's 8-7 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th	Justin Verlander has not yet been cleared to return to mound work. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Zack Wheeler allowed two runs on five hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Tuesday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 22nd	Justin Verlander is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Zack Wheeler allowed only two hits and two walks while piling up 10 strikeouts across six shutout innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander announced that he will retire following the 2026 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Zack Wheeler allowed one run on just four hits and no walks while racking up 14 strikeouts over seven innings in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on nine hits and one walk while piling up 10 strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Justin Verlander SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#60	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#356	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Verlander for Zack Wheeler (2026)

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