Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 211	‐
VBR	# 976	# 1140

Projections

Strikeouts	22	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.18	5.51
WHIP	1.43	1.64

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	10

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	76.2	20.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	22

Earned Runs	41	9

Home Runs Allowed	18	4

Strikeouts	47	17

Walks	27	6

ERA	4.81	3.92

WHIP	1.28	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	27.6	8.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	10

Earned Runs	16	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	22	6

Walks	10	3

ERA	5.18	5.51

WHIP	1.43	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	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	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	Blas Castano is hopeful to begin throwing by Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Rockies left-hander Blas Castano (pec) has yet to resume throwing. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 16th	The Rockies recalled RHP Blas Castaño from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Eric Lauer (2026)

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