Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Leandro Lopez (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Leandro Lopez SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 955	# 1007

Projections

Strikeouts	22	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.05	4.02
WHIP	1.49	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Leandro Lopez SP - TEX
2026 Stats


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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

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ERA	‐	‐

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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Leandro Lopez SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	4	1

Innings Pitched	25.0	2.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	2

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	22	2

Walks	11	1

ERA	5.05	4.02

WHIP	1.49	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caden Dana SP - LAA	Leandro Lopez SP - TEX
News
	The Angels say Caden Dana is still bothered by fatigue related to mono. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th	The Rangers optioned RHP Leandro Lopez to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (illness) has been transferred from the Arizona Complex League to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 13th
	The Angels have optioned right-hander Caden Dana to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 16th
	Angels right-hander Caden Dana (mono) is progressing towards facing live hitters. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	Caden Dana is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caden Dana SP - LAA			Leandro Lopez SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Caden Dana for Leandro Lopez (2026)

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