Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodriguez for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 212	‐
VBR	# 832	# 1001

Projections

Strikeouts	17	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.93	4.77
WHIP	1.42	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 138	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	4

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	88.0	9.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	76	10

Earned Runs	44	4

Home Runs Allowed	20	1

Strikeouts	56	8

Walks	29	4

ERA	4.50	3.86

WHIP	1.19	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	21.2	6.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	6

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	17	5

Walks	7	3

ERA	4.93	4.77

WHIP	1.42	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
News
	Eric Lauer is staying in the Dodgers’ rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Brewers designated Carlos Rodriguez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Eric Lauer will start for the Dodgers on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Carlos Rodriguez is scheduled to make his next rehab outing with Triple-A Nashville on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Seattle. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th	The Milwaukee Brewers reversed Carlos Rodriguez's May 31 option to Triple-A and placed him on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder impingement. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The Brewers optioned Carlos Rodriguez to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Brewers recalled RHP Carlos Rodriguez from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
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			Carlos Rodriguez RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodriguez for Eric Lauer (2026)

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