Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 235	# 218
VBR	# 479	# 664

Projections

Strikeouts	21	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.68	4.89
WHIP	1.43	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 148

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 457	# 137

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 141	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 269	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	20

Games Started	17	17

Innings Pitched	92.1	103.1

Wins	3	8

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	102	97

Earned Runs	62	55

Home Runs Allowed	17	23

Strikeouts	79	69

Walks	34	32

ERA	6.04	4.79

WHIP	1.47	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	25.3	13.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	13

Earned Runs	13	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	21	10

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.68	4.89

WHIP	1.43	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Andrew Painter allowed one earned run on five hits and no walks while striking out eight over seven innings in Saturday's 12-3 win over the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 23rd	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd
	Andrew Painter allowed five runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two over five frames in Sunday's 7-5 win against the Twins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Andrew Painter gave up two runs on just two hits and three walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Monday's 6-5 win against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th	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
	Andrew Painter is good to go on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	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
	Andrew Painter is expected to be good to go for his next start. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Eric Lauer is staying in the Dodgers’ rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Andrew Painter SP - PHI			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#280	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Andrew Painter for Eric Lauer (2026)

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