Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1102	# 756

Projections

Strikeouts	14	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.27	4.58
WHIP	1.58	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 446	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	2

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	33.2	2.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	3

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	17	0

ERA	5.08	7.71

WHIP	1.43	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	14	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	5.27	4.58

WHIP	1.58	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	Sam Aldegheri has been optioned to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Sam Aldegheri allowed three earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out two over four innings in Saturday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Sam Aldegheri allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	The Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Sam Aldegheri lasted just 4.2 innings on Monday and was charged with five runs on five hits - including two home runs - in a 6-1 loss to Baltimore. David Leisering Tue, Jun 23rd	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Sam Aldegheri allowed six runs on six hits, walked three, and struck out in just three innings as the Angels dropped an 8-1 decision to the Diamondbacks. David Leisering Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Sam Aldegheri SP - LAA			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Sam Aldegheri (2026)

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