Who Should I Trade?

Mason Barnett for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 296
VBR	# 912	# 441

Projections

Strikeouts	20	41
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.89	5.04
WHIP	1.50	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 177	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	6

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	21.1	22.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	4

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	27

Earned Runs	11	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	9

Strikeouts	21	14

Walks	12	11

ERA	4.64	10.23

WHIP	1.36	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	12

Games Started	1	8

Innings Pitched	23.2	46.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	46

Earned Runs	13	26

Home Runs Allowed	3	10

Strikeouts	20	41

Walks	11	15

ERA	4.89	5.04

WHIP	1.50	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	The Athletics optioned RHP Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Mason Barnett will be available out of the bullpen on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Athletics have recalled right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Athletics optioned Mason Barnett to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Athletics recalled Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th	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
	Mason Barnett SP,RP - ATH			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Mason Barnett for Max Scherzer (2026)

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