Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 218	‐
VBR	# 691	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.00	3.25
WHIP	1.40	1.20

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 164

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	25

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	105.1	55.0

Wins	8	2

Losses	6	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	99	50

Earned Runs	56	24

Home Runs Allowed	24	7

Strikeouts	70	38

Walks	34	19

ERA	4.78	3.93

WHIP	1.26	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	14

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	15.7	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	16	4

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	13	4

Walks	5	1

ERA	5.00	3.25

WHIP	1.40	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Orioles signed RHP Albert Suárez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 28th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Orioles designated Albert Suarez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Eric Lauer allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th	Albert Suarez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Kansas City. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	The Orioles designated RHP Albert Suárez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Eric Lauer allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	The Orioles selected the contract of Albert Suarez. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#345
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#166	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ STL	Gordon Graceffo
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Eric Lauer (2026)

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