Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Ryan Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 913	# 922

Projections

Strikeouts	9	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.69
WHIP	1.48	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 438	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	18.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	27

Earned Runs	‐	17

Home Runs Allowed	‐	6

Strikeouts	‐	15

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	8.35

WHIP	‐	2.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	16.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	7	17

Earned Runs	4	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	14

Walks	5	8

ERA	4.26	4.69

WHIP	1.48	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM	Chris Roycroft RP - TB
News
	The Mets have reassigned right-hander Ryan Lambert to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th	Thee Rays optioned Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Lambert compiled a 1.62 ERA and 1.16 WHIP with 81 strikeouts and 17 walks across 50 innings between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton in 2025. His professional experience has not extended beyond the Double-A level. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th	The Rays recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
		The Cardinals traded Chris Roycroft to the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
		The Cardinals designated Chris Roycroft for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
		The Cardinals optioned RHP Chris Roycroft to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM			Chris Roycroft RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Roycroft for Ryan Lambert (2026)

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