Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Edwin Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 100	# 83
VBR	# 267	# 322

Projections

Strikeouts	26	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	9	9
ERA	3.32	3.81
WHIP	1.17	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	# 84

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 49	# 78

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 94

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 249

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	# 70

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	# 95

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.0	16.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	1

Saves	4	3

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	17

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	19

Walks	5	6

ERA	10.50	2.70

WHIP	2.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	17.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	9

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	14	14

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	26	19

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.32	3.81

WHIP	1.17	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Daniel Palencia resumed a throwing program on Monday Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia will not be re-evaluated till after the All-Star break. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
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			Daniel Palencia RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Edwin Diaz (2026)

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