Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Michel Otanez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD	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	# 836	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.60	4.45
WHIP	1.51	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	7.71	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.0	9.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	8	8

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	10

Walks	5	5

ERA	4.60	4.45

WHIP	1.51	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
News
	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	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 Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD			Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#143
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#231
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#209
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Michel Otanez (2026)

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