Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 4
VBR	# 1	# 38

Projections

Strikeouts	27	67
Wins	2	5
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.27	3.01
WHIP	1.18	1.16

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	# 3

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 4

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 4

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 7

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 3

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 2

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	22

Games Started	14	22

Innings Pitched	85.2	138.2

Wins	8	13

Losses	2	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	139

Earned Runs	17	43

Home Runs Allowed	4	12

Strikeouts	95	157

Walks	26	28

ERA	1.79	2.79

WHIP	0.95	1.20

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	11

Games Started	4	11

Innings Pitched	22.9	64.9

Wins	2	5

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	58

Earned Runs	8	22

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	27	67

Walks	8	15

ERA	3.27	3.01

WHIP	1.18	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI
News
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Cristopher Sanchez allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six innings in Sunday's 11-4 win against the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 27th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Cristopher Sanchez gave up three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out seven across 5 1/3 innings in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Cristopher Sanchez has been announced as the starter for the National League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-4 in loss to the Mariners with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered two runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Saturday's 4-2 win against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th
	Shohei Ohtani will not throw his scheduled bullpen on Saturday due to his knee not feeling 100%. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered nine runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out just one batter over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's 15-1 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#60
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#185	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#356
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#196	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#221	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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