Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	‐
VBR	# 467	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	49	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.76	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 164	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	# 91

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	113.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	105	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	18	‐

Strikeouts	98	‐

Walks	37	‐

ERA	3.96	‐

WHIP	1.25	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	58.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	61	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.76	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
News
	Bryce Elder gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over five innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 26th	The Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out four over six-plus innings in Monday's 3-2 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st
	Bryce Elder will start Monday's series opener against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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	The Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	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	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryce Elder SP - ATL			Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#37
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

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