Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Bryce Elder (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 68	# 111
VBR	# 238	# 401

Projections

Strikeouts	51	55
Wins	3	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.49	4.72
WHIP	1.25	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 84	# 201

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 71	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 80	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 74	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 62	# 160

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 412	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	18

Games Started	1	18

Innings Pitched	3.0	102.2

Wins	0	5

Losses	1	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	96

Earned Runs	4	47

Home Runs Allowed	0	15

Strikeouts	5	86

Walks	2	32

ERA	12.00	4.12

WHIP	2.67	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	12

Games Started	8	12

Innings Pitched	41.8	66.4

Wins	3	4

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	33	69

Earned Runs	16	35

Home Runs Allowed	5	10

Strikeouts	51	55

Walks	18	22

ERA	3.49	4.72

WHIP	1.25	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Bryce Elder allowed five runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 28th
	Blake Snell will face hitters on Saturday in a live batting practice session. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Bryce Elder gave up eight runs on 12 hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd
	Blake Snell is scheduled to throw another bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Bryce Elder allowed six runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out two over four-plus innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 15th
	Blake Snell threw 15 pitches during a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on just two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Blake Snell SP - LAD			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#344
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
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
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
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
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
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
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
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
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jul 27th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Bryce Elder (2026)

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