Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Will Klein (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 280	‐
VBR	# 617	# 1040

Projections

Strikeouts	17	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.75
WHIP	1.45	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	DFA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 298	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 250	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	2

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	41.2	2.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	44	3

Earned Runs	17	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	49	1

Walks	21	0

ERA	3.67	7.71

WHIP	1.56	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.3	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	8

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.12	4.75

WHIP	1.45	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD	Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Dodgers have placed right-hander Will Klein on the injured list due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	The Dodgers have designated right-hander Chayce McDermott for assignment. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Will Klein will serve as the opener for the Dodgers in Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Will Klein allowed one earned run on no hits and two walks while striking out two batters over 1.1 innings, taking the loss in Friday's game to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Dodgers recalled Chayce McDermott from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Will Klein struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	The Dodgers placed Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Will Klein struck out three while allowing one hit and no walks over two scoreless innings in Thursday's 12-7 win over San Diego. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Dodgers optioned Chayce McDermott to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD			Chayce McDermott SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Chayce McDermott for Will Klein (2026)

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