Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 802	# 1022

Projections

Strikeouts	22	3
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.18	4.74
WHIP	1.44	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	82.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	75	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	20	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.83	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	27.4	3.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	3

Earned Runs	16	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	22	3

Walks	10	1

ERA	5.18	4.74

WHIP	1.44	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
News
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Brandon Waddell has been named the starter for the Mets spring training opener on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Feb 17th
	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
	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
	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
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Brandon Waddell RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, May 7th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 25th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Waddell for Eric Lauer (2026)

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