Who Should I Trade?

Payton Tolle for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 51
VBR	# 13	# 208

Projections

Strikeouts	75	46
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.76	3.93
WHIP	1.01	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	# 45

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	# 46

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	# 37

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	# 66

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	# 66

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 53

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	18

Games Started	16	18

Innings Pitched	96.2	101.0

Wins	7	6

Losses	5	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	88

Earned Runs	30	39

Home Runs Allowed	10	12

Strikeouts	116	110

Walks	14	29

ERA	2.79	3.48

WHIP	0.91	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	10	8

Innings Pitched	62.7	44.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	39

Earned Runs	19	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	75	46

Walks	12	14

ERA	2.76	3.93

WHIP	1.01	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS
News
	The Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	The Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	The Rays, Brewers. Braves, Yankees and Dodgers are all expected to show interest in Tarik Skubal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Tarik Skubal allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out 12 over 7 1/3 innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Payton Tolle for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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