Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 299	‐
VBR	# 441	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	41	1
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.04	3.77
WHIP	1.35	1.26

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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	46.2	1.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	1

Earned Runs	26	1

Home Runs Allowed	10	0

Strikeouts	41	1

Walks	15	1

ERA	5.04	3.77

WHIP	1.35	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
News
	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
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer will make at least two more rehab starts in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Max Scherzer threw 49 pitches in a rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Max Scherzer for Will Johnston (2026)

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