Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Max Lazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Chris Roycroft RP - TB	Max Lazar RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 861	# 781

Projections

Strikeouts	15	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.57
WHIP	1.51	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Roycroft RP - TB	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	6.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	7

Earned Runs	15	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	13	4

Walks	10	1

ERA	10.13	7.11

WHIP	2.40	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Roycroft RP - TB	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	19.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	18	20

Earned Runs	9	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	15	15

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.61	4.57

WHIP	1.51	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Roycroft RP - TB	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	The Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Cardinals traded Chris Roycroft to the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Cardinals designated Chris Roycroft for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Phillies activated RHP Maz Lazar from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	Max Lazar began a rehab assignment with High-A Jersey Shore on Thursday, allowing one earned run on two hits and one walk while recording one out. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 1st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Roycroft RP - TB			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, May 9th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 29th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Max Lazar (2026)

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