Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 783	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	5.63
WHIP	1.45	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 477	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	17.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.76	‐

WHIP	1.76	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	14

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	1.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.34	5.63

WHIP	1.45	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Zhuang posted a 4.08 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 145 strikeouts and 35 walks across 145.2 innings at Double-A Midland in 2025, playing the entire season at that level. Oakland added him to the 40-man roster over the winter. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Elmer Rodriguez (2026)

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