Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 24	# 1000

Projections

Strikeouts	90	9
Wins	6	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.97	4.48
WHIP	1.11	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	5

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	108.1	4.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	6

Earned Runs	46	5

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	130	4

Walks	24	4

ERA	3.82	9.64

WHIP	1.04	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	77.1	9.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	62	9

Earned Runs	25	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	90	9

Walks	20	4

ERA	2.97	4.48

WHIP	1.11	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Paul Skenes allowed four runs on six hits over five innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Paul Skenes (2026)

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