Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Eric Lauer (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 17	# 211
VBR	# 150	# 801

Projections

Strikeouts	35	22
Wins	2	2
Saves	13	0
ERA	2.90	5.11
WHIP	1.09	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 14	# 132

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 13	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 22	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 16	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 16	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 28	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	15

Games Started	0	12

Innings Pitched	44.1	76.2

Wins	2	4

Losses	1	5

Saves	28	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	71

Earned Runs	14	41

Home Runs Allowed	4	18

Strikeouts	63	47

Walks	11	27

ERA	2.84	4.81

WHIP	1.11	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	12

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	26.7	27.9

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	29

Earned Runs	9	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	35	22

Walks	8	10

ERA	2.90	5.11

WHIP	1.09	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Smith RP - CLE	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Cade Smith needed just nine pitches to record a save in Friday's 3-2 win over the Marlins, allowing no hits or walks with no strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Cade Smith struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Twins. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Cade Smith threw 16 pitches over one scoreless inning in Sunday's 7-6 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Mon, Jun 29th	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cade Smith struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 16th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Smith RP - CLE			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#124	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#202	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#82	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#197
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#121
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#186
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#157	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#283	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#148	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (5-5)	#164	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#104	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#95	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#134	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#267	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-1)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#238
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#272	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#208
Fri, Jul 17th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN			@ PHI
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB			@ NYM
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB			@ NYM
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SF
Sat, Apr 4th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Smith for Eric Lauer (2026)

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