Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Roki Sasaki (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 185
VBR	# 615	# 407

Projections

Strikeouts	8	10
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.15
WHIP	1.36	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 80	# 183

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 179

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 130	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	49

Games Started	23	6

Innings Pitched	119.1	98.1

Wins	5	8

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	5

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	111	81

Earned Runs	61	36

Home Runs Allowed	22	10

Strikeouts	117	84

Walks	48	40

ERA	4.60	3.29

WHIP	1.33	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	8.0	10.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	7	9

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	10

Walks	3	4

ERA	4.31	4.15

WHIP	1.36	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
News
	The Dodgers have placed right-hander Roki Sasaki on the injured list due to a blister on his right middle finger. Brenton Kemp Thu, Aug 27th	Chad Patrick allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said late Wednesday that Roki Sasaki is headed to the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Chad Patrick will start for the Brewers on Wednesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Roki Sasaki was pulled from Wednesday's start against the Braves in the fourth inning with an apparent blister on his right hand. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 26th	Chad Patrick allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out four over 3 1/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, May 5th
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	Chad Patrick allowed two earned runs on one hit and five walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday’s 13-2 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 29th
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 14th	Chad Patrick is expected to pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			Chad Patrick SP,RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#302
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#232	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#94
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#415
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#210	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#246	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#314	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#326	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#214
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#202	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#108	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#342	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#163	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#218	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
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)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#420
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113

Who Should I Trade?

Chad Patrick for Roki Sasaki (2026)

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