Who Should I Trade?

Brendon Little for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brendon Little RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 218	‐
VBR	# 691	# 630

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.00	3.51
WHIP	1.40	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 411

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brendon Little RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	105.1	20.2

Wins	8	0

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	99	26

Earned Runs	56	19

Home Runs Allowed	24	5

Strikeouts	70	32

Walks	34	20

ERA	4.78	8.27

WHIP	1.26	2.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brendon Little RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	11

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	15.7	8.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	16	7

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	5	5

ERA	5.00	3.51

WHIP	1.40	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brendon Little RP - TOR
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Blue Jays activated LHP Brendon Little from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	The Blue Jays placed LHP Brendon Little on the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	Eric Lauer allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th	The Blue Jays recalled Brendon Little from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Kansas City. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th	Brendon Little was seen in the Blue Jays clubhouse on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Eric Lauer allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	The Blue Jays optioned Brendon Little to Triple-A Buffalo. 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
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Brendon Little RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#166	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#198	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Brendon Little for Eric Lauer (2026)

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