Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Michel Otanez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 737	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.43
WHIP	1.41	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	3	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	8.10	‐

WHIP	1.80	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.0	9.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	8

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	10

Walks	3	5

ERA	4.21	4.43

WHIP	1.41	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Lee RP - TOR	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
News
	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Blue Jays optioned Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Blue Jays recalled Chase Lee from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Blue Jays optioned RHP Chase Lee to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Lee RP - TOR			Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Lee for Michel Otanez (2026)

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