Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	‐
VBR	# 451	# 709

Projections

Strikeouts	41	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.26
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	19	4

Innings Pitched	95.2	17.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	19

Earned Runs	56	9

Home Runs Allowed	17	1

Strikeouts	100	10

Walks	48	11

ERA	5.27	4.76

WHIP	1.42	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	42.7	10.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	10

Earned Runs	21	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	41	9

Walks	18	4

ERA	4.53	4.26

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	Brandon Sproat allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Brandon Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 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
	Brandon Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

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