Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 810	# 841

Projections

Strikeouts	23	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.21	4.66
WHIP	1.44	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	1

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	76.2	3.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	4

Earned Runs	41	2

Home Runs Allowed	18	0

Strikeouts	47	2

Walks	27	2

ERA	4.81	6.00

WHIP	1.28	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	16

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	28.1	24.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	25

Earned Runs	16	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	23	20

Walks	10	10

ERA	5.21	4.66

WHIP	1.44	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
News
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	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	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Eric Lauer (2026)

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