Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Ryan Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 571	# 764

Projections

Strikeouts	19	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.23
WHIP	1.32	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	# 438

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	42.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	10	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.10	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.3	9.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	10

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.14	4.23

WHIP	1.32	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
News
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Mets have reassigned right-hander Ryan Lambert to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	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	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 placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
	Cole Sulser allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out two in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians, recording his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			Ryan Lambert RP - NYM
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	John King
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ TB
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th				@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, May 9th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th				vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, May 21st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jun 29th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Ryan Lambert (2026)

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