Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	# 212
VBR	# 182	# 832

Projections

Strikeouts	25	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	2.93	4.93
WHIP	1.18	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	# 138

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 28	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 21	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 18	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	17

Games Started	0	14

Innings Pitched	37.2	88.0

Wins	2	6

Losses	3	5

Saves	27	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	76

Earned Runs	7	44

Home Runs Allowed	1	20

Strikeouts	50	56

Walks	17	29

ERA	1.67	4.50

WHIP	1.19	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	18.9	21.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	22

Earned Runs	6	12

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	25	17

Walks	8	7

ERA	2.93	4.93

WHIP	1.18	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Aroldis Chapman struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Eric Lauer will start for the Dodgers on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday’s 5-4 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 31st	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Seattle. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th
	Aroldis Chapman struck out three batters while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Aroldis Chapman struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Friday's 6-4 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Aroldis Chapman allowed one hit and one walk over one scoreless inning to record the save in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aroldis Chapman RP - BOS			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Aroldis Chapman for Eric Lauer (2026)

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