Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 709	# 645

Projections

Strikeouts	9	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.36
WHIP	1.43	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 477	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	17.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.76	‐

WHIP	1.76	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	8

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	10.5	9.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	10

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	8

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.26	4.36

WHIP	1.43	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Austin Peterson SP - CLE
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Peterson (triceps) sustained a right triceps strain in late February. The injury will prevent him from being available for the start of the season. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY			Austin Peterson SP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ KC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Peterson for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

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