Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Edwin Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 212	# 870

Projections

Strikeouts	25	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.24	4.24
WHIP	1.17	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	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	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 331

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.0	15.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	2

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	12	14

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	12	14

Walks	5	3

ERA	9.00	5.28

WHIP	2.13	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	3

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	25	4

Walks	7	2

ERA	3.24	4.24

WHIP	1.17	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
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 Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Dodgers activated RHP Edwin Díaz from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will not be activated this weekend. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th				vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Edwin Diaz (2026)

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