Who Should I Trade?

Michael Petersen for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Nate Pearson RP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 241	# 328
VBR	# 451	# 794

Projections

Strikeouts	17	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.06	4.75
WHIP	1.35	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	# 356

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	# 277

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Nate Pearson RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	46.0	24.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	18	0

Hits Allowed	30	17

Earned Runs	16	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	54	17

Walks	19	13

ERA	3.13	3.00

WHIP	1.07	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Nate Pearson RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.6	15.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	15	15

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	14

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.06	4.75

WHIP	1.35	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA	Nate Pearson RP - KC
News
	Michael Petersen is day-to-day with a forearm injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Nate Pearson walked one batter over a scoreless inning in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	Michael Petersen had X-rays return negative on his forearm injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Royals activated Nate Pearson. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Michael Petersen left Sunday's game early against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Astros traded Nate Pearson to the Royals. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Michael Petersen is dealing with right hamstring tightness and will undergo further testing to determine the severity. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Michael Petersen earned his first save of the season, striking out two batters and allowing two hits in a scoreless inning during Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 9th	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Petersen RP - MIA			Nate Pearson RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Petersen for Nate Pearson (2026)

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