Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 4	‐
VBR	# 25	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	64	9
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.81	4.68
WHIP	1.02	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 434

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	5

Games Started	16	2

Innings Pitched	96.2	9.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	24

Earned Runs	30	15

Home Runs Allowed	10	4

Strikeouts	116	6

Walks	14	6

ERA	2.79	13.97

WHIP	0.91	3.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	20

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	53.9	12.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	42	12

Earned Runs	17	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	64	9

Walks	11	4

ERA	2.81	4.68

WHIP	1.02	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
News
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals have traded left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals sent Bailey Falter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	The Royals designated Bailey Falter for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Bailey Falter allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two, serving as the opener in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th
	The Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Bailey Falter (elbow) has been activated from the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Bailey Falter SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
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
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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