Who Should I Trade?

Keider Montero for Max Scherzer (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	# 296
VBR	# 485	# 441

Projections

Strikeouts	28	41
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	5.04
WHIP	1.37	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 442

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 320	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	15	6

Innings Pitched	100.2	22.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	5	4

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	76	27

Earned Runs	36	25

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	70	14

Walks	22	11

ERA	3.22	10.23

WHIP	0.97	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	3	8

Innings Pitched	35.9	46.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	46

Earned Runs	18	26

Home Runs Allowed	5	10

Strikeouts	28	41

Walks	11	15

ERA	4.49	5.04

WHIP	1.37	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed four earned runs in five innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th	Max Scherzer told reporters he will make a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Keider Montero for Max Scherzer (2026)

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