Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 299
VBR	# 1	# 424

Projections

Strikeouts	33	41
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.27	4.98
WHIP	1.17	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 442

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	6

Games Started	14	6

Innings Pitched	85.2	22.0

Wins	8	1

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	27

Earned Runs	17	25

Home Runs Allowed	4	9

Strikeouts	95	14

Walks	26	11

ERA	1.79	10.23

WHIP	0.95	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	5	8

Innings Pitched	28.8	44.9

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	45

Earned Runs	10	25

Home Runs Allowed	3	9

Strikeouts	33	41

Walks	10	14

ERA	3.27	4.98

WHIP	1.17	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Max Scherzer SP - TOR
News
	Shohei Ohtani will not throw his scheduled bullpen on Saturday due to his knee not feeling 100%. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani (knee) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Shohei Ohtani is playing catch in the outfield on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-9 with a double, a run scored and two RBI in Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said there's no update to Shohei Ohtani’s pitching timetable. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Max Scherzer SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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