Who Should I Trade?

Nate Pearson for Ryan Zeferjahn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 324	# 315
VBR	# 738	# 446

Projections

Strikeouts	18	28
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	4
ERA	4.57	4.14
WHIP	1.45	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 277	# 243

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 353	# 388

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	40

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	46.0

Wins	1	4

Losses	0	3

Saves	1	3

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	16	24

Earned Runs	8	20

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	16	63

Walks	12	31

ERA	3.60	3.91

WHIP	1.40	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	23.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	18	19

Earned Runs	10	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	28

Walks	9	13

ERA	4.57	4.14

WHIP	1.45	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU	Ryan Zeferjahn RP - LAA
News
	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Ryan Zeferjahn allowed one earned run on one hit over one inning to earn the save in Sunday’s win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Ryan Zeferjahn picked up his first save of the season on Tuesday, recording the final four outs as the Angels hung on for a 4-3 victory over the White Sox. David Leisering Wed, May 6th
	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn has made the Opening Day roster, according to manager Kurt Suzuki. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nate Pearson RP - HOU			Ryan Zeferjahn RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#346	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#103	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Pearson for Ryan Zeferjahn (2026)

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