Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 24	# 209
VBR	# 192	# 801

Projections

Strikeouts	29	22
Wins	2	2
Saves	13	0
ERA	3.39	5.11
WHIP	1.18	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 23	# 132

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 43	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	15

Games Started	0	12

Innings Pitched	40.0	76.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	5

Saves	18	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	71

Earned Runs	12	41

Home Runs Allowed	2	18

Strikeouts	45	47

Walks	12	27

ERA	2.70	4.81

WHIP	1.10	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	12

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	25.4	27.9

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	13	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	20	29

Earned Runs	10	16

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	29	22

Walks	9	10

ERA	3.39	5.11

WHIP	1.18	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th
	The Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Yankees have placed closer David Bedar on the paternity list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#46	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#243	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#430
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#197	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#185	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#222	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#72	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#14	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#197
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (9-6)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#125
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#171
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#195
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#149	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#200	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#101
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#73	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#432
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#251
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#37
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#50
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#62
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#84	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#209	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#315
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#32	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-1)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#176
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#260	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#238
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#296
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#70	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-0)	#313
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#298	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#76	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#208
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT			@ PHI
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT			@ PHI
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#136
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#145
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#308
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Eric Lauer (2026)

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