Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 299	‐
VBR	# 481	# 1105

Projections

Strikeouts	41	42
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.98	5.37
WHIP	1.35	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	# 393

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	22

Games Started	6	21

Innings Pitched	22.0	100.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	4	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	141

Earned Runs	25	75

Home Runs Allowed	9	16

Strikeouts	14	78

Walks	11	39

ERA	10.23	6.71

WHIP	1.73	1.79

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	14

Games Started	8	10

Innings Pitched	44.9	56.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	64

Earned Runs	25	34

Home Runs Allowed	9	10

Strikeouts	41	42

Walks	14	21

ERA	4.98	5.37

WHIP	1.35	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
News
	The Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#396
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#179	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jun 21st				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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