Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
VBR	‐	# 799

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	2
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.40
WHIP	‐	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	108.1	27.2

Wins	8	1

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	107	21

Earned Runs	63	17

Home Runs Allowed	26	3

Strikeouts	72	28

Walks	35	28

ERA	5.23	5.53

WHIP	1.31	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	1.9

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	2

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	4.40

WHIP	‐	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	The Dodgers transferred LHP Eric Lauer to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Dodgers shut down Eric Lauer from throwing for a few days. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	The Dodgers placed LHP Eric Lauer on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd
	Eric Lauer allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Tuesday's loss to the Cardinals. Chase Davis Wed, Sep 2nd
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#394	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#307
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#387	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#256
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#206
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#195	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#25	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#177	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#294	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#373
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#319
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#390
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#230	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#41	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#319	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#391
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#281	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#309	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#168	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#2
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#247	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#28	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Eric Lauer (2026)

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