Who Should I Trade?

Nick Mears for Tim Herrin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 387	# 371
VBR	# 763	# 532

Projections

Strikeouts	1	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.42	3.46
WHIP	1.30	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 395	# 357

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 429	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	61

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	51.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	5	15

Hits Allowed	18	38

Earned Runs	11	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	15	48

Walks	11	25

ERA	5.12	2.96

WHIP	1.50	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.7	5.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	1	5

Earned Runs	0	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	5

Walks	0	3

ERA	2.42	3.46

WHIP	1.30	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Mears RP - KC	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
News
	Nick Mears will undergo season-ending surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Guardians activated LHP Tim Herrin from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Tim Herrin is scheduled to make a rehab outing with Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Guardians placed Tim Herrin on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Tim Herrin underwent X-rays that came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Mears RP - KC			Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#41	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#158
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#178	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#200
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#200	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#295
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#149	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#119
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#332
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#197
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#319	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#262
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#166
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#317
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#157	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#396
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#210	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#215
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#62	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#257
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#76	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#136
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#138
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#254
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#48
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#140
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Derek Law		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#51	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#21
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#389
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#237
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (1-0)	#361	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#15
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#196
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#223
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#195
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#308
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Mears for Tim Herrin (2026)

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