Who Should I Trade?

Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	‐
VBR	# 820	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	19	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.13	4.53
WHIP	1.42	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 147	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	92.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	87	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	22	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	29	‐

ERA	4.89	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	1.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	2

Earned Runs	13	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	19	1

Walks	8	0

ERA	5.13	4.53

WHIP	1.42	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
News
	Eric Lauer allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	The Athletics sent RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang outright to Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Eric Lauer is staying in the Dodgers’ rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Athletics designated Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Eric Lauer will start for the Dodgers on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Seattle. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

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Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang for Eric Lauer (2026)

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