Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 299	‐
VBR	# 424	# 856

Projections

Strikeouts	41	13
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.98	4.46
WHIP	1.35	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	22.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	10.23	‐

WHIP	1.73	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	16

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	44.9	13.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	12

Earned Runs	25	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	41	13

Walks	14	7

ERA	4.98	4.46

WHIP	1.35	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
News
	The Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Gonzalez (back) surrendered three earned runs on five hits and six walks across 3.1 innings during his first three spring outings. Last Tuesday marked his most recent Cactus League appearance, with a back issue keeping him off the field since then. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Wikelman Gonzalez was removed from Tuesday’s spring training game against the Padres with lower back tightness. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Max Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Wikelman Gonzalez SP,RP - CWS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th				vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Wikelman Gonzalez (2026)

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