Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 296
VBR	# 24	# 439

Projections

Strikeouts	90	45
Wins	6	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.97	5.04
WHIP	1.11	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	# 213

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	6

Games Started	20	6

Innings Pitched	108.1	22.0

Wins	8	1

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	27

Earned Runs	46	25

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	130	14

Walks	24	11

ERA	3.82	10.23

WHIP	1.04	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	13	9

Innings Pitched	77.1	50.2

Wins	6	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	50

Earned Runs	25	28

Home Runs Allowed	7	10

Strikeouts	90	45

Walks	20	16

ERA	2.97	5.04

WHIP	1.11	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. 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
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Paul Skenes allowed four runs on six hits over five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Paul Skenes (2026)

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