Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 257	‐
VBR	# 426	# 836

Projections

Strikeouts	21	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	4.59
WHIP	1.26	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	19.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	16	0

Hits Allowed	31	27

Earned Runs	14	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	35	15

Walks	6	11

ERA	4.61	7.91

WHIP	1.35	1.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	14.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	18	14

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	11

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.78	4.59

WHIP	1.26	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
News
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	The Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	Thee Rays optioned Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Cardinals traded Chris Roycroft to the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th	The Cardinals designated Chris Roycroft for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Chris Roycroft RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#135	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#227	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#353	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Justin Slaten (2026)

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