Who Should I Trade?

Nick Pivetta for Troy Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Troy Watson SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	‐
VBR	# 395	# 1048

Projections

Strikeouts	29	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.44
WHIP	1.18	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 107	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 124	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 119	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Troy Watson SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	16.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	12	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Troy Watson SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	25.8	1.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	2

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	29	1

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.87	4.44

WHIP	1.18	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Pivetta SP - SD	Troy Watson SP - DET
News
	Nick Pivetta threw 20 pitches in a live batting practice session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Tigers selected the contract of RHP Troy Watson and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Nick Pivetta reportedly could begin a rehab assignment in the first week of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Nick Pivetta is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Nick Pivetta threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Nick Pivetta threw a light bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
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 Pivetta SP - SD			Troy Watson SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Pivetta for Troy Watson (2026)

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