Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Max Lazar (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Max Lazar RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 781

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	15
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.61
WHIP	‐	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	5

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	6.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	7

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	7.11

WHIP	‐	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	22

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	19.5

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	3

Hits Allowed	‐	20

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	4.61

WHIP	‐	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Phillies activated RHP Maz Lazar from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		Max Lazar began a rehab assignment with High-A Jersey Shore on Thursday, allowing one earned run on two hits and one walk while recording one out. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 1st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	A.J. Causey RP - ATH			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#279
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Max Lazar (2026)

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