Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Edwin Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Christian Roa RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 100	‐
VBR	# 256	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.25	4.71
WHIP	1.17	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.0	8.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	10

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	6

Walks	5	7

ERA	10.50	5.19

WHIP	2.33	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.3	7.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.25	4.71

WHIP	1.17	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Edwin Diaz (2026)

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