Who Should I Trade?

Riley Gowens for Troy Watson (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Riley Gowens SP - CWS	Troy Watson SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 947

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	1
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.99
WHIP	‐	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley Gowens SP - CWS	Troy Watson SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley Gowens SP - CWS	Troy Watson SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	2.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	3.99

WHIP	‐	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley Gowens SP - CWS	Troy Watson SP - DET
News
		The Tigers selected the contract of RHP Troy Watson and optioned him to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley Gowens SP - CWS			Troy Watson SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Riley Gowens for Troy Watson (2026)

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