Who Should I Trade?

Max Fried for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Max Fried SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 37
VBR	# 22	# 155

Projections

Strikeouts	85	57
Wins	5	5
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.82	3.42
WHIP	1.02	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	# 53

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 43

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	# 26

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	# 36

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	# 42

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 17

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	14	10

Innings Pitched	82.2	61.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	43

Earned Runs	26	22

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	98	50

Walks	11	19

ERA	2.83	3.21

WHIP	0.93	1.01

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	71.2	61.9

Wins	5	5

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	55

Earned Runs	22	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	85	57

Walks	14	19

ERA	2.82	3.42

WHIP	1.02	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Max Fried SP - NYY
News
	Tarik Skubal allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	Yankees left-hander Max Fried (elbow) could re-join the club's rotation after just two rehab starts. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal pitched five innings of one-run ball, striking out nine and earning the win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Max Fried will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Tarik Skubal is “tentatively” lined up to pitch Sunday against the Phillies just before All-Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Max Fried could begin a rehab assignment as early as Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal allowed two runs (one earned) on just one hit and zero walks while striking out nine while earning the win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal allowed four earned runs, including three home runs, across six innings while taking the loss versus the Yankees on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried faced hitters again on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET			Max Fried SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Max Fried for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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