Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Edwin Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 97	# 333
VBR	# 222	# 534

Projections

Strikeouts	24	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.24	3.94
WHIP	1.18	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 316

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 335

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Cole Sulser RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	41

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	8.2	46.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	5	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	11

Hits Allowed	14	47

Earned Runs	9	24

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	13	48

Walks	6	14

ERA	9.35	4.66

WHIP	2.31	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Cole Sulser RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.5	12.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	13	11

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	24	12

Walks	7	4

ERA	3.24	3.94

WHIP	1.18	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Cole Sulser RP - TB
News
	Edwin Diaz allowed one earned run on two hits with no walks and no strikeouts while throwing 13 pitches. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th	The Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Dodgers activated RHP Edwin Díaz from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Cole Sulser has begun throwing live batting practice and is reportedly doing well, according to Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash. Cash indicated Sulser could return to the active roster “pretty soon” if his progression continues without setbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will not be activated this weekend. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
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			Cole Sulser RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Edwin Diaz (2026)

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