Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Mitchell Parker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 296	# 386
VBR	# 441	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	41	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.04	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	# 456

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	22

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	39.2

Wins	1	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	5

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	27	45

Earned Runs	25	29

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	14	34

Walks	11	13

ERA	10.23	6.58

WHIP	1.73	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	46.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	5.04	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
News
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Nationals manager Blake Butera said Mitchell Parker will most likely need Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals placed LHP Mitchell Parker on the 15-Day Injured List with elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Mitchell Parker allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Tuesday's win over the Guardians. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 27th
	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Mikolas has lasted a combined 7.1 innings over his last two starts, and Parker was recalled Tuesday to provide bullpen length behind him. Parker has a 16:3 K:BB across 13.1 innings in three Triple-A starts this season, though his ERA sits at 6.08. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 14th
	Max Scherzer told reporters he will make a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	Mitchell Parker has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester's roster. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Mar 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Mitchell Parker (2026)

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