Who Should I Trade?

David Peterson for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 1	# 144
VBR	# 1	# 318

Projections

Strikeouts	19	36
Wins	1	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.05
WHIP	1.19	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 138

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 112

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 225

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 140

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	22

Games Started	14	14

Innings Pitched	85.2	101.0

Wins	8	6

Losses	2	7

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	109

Earned Runs	17	62

Home Runs Allowed	4	11

Strikeouts	95	85

Walks	26	40

ERA	1.79	5.52

WHIP	0.95	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	9

Games Started	3	7

Innings Pitched	16.4	43.0

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	42

Earned Runs	6	19

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	19	36

Walks	6	17

ERA	3.31	4.05

WHIP	1.19	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	David Peterson SP,RP - CHC
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to begin catch play again in Chicago this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	David Peterson allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits without issuing a walk while striking out eight over 6.1 innings in Saturday's 5-2 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	David Peterson allowed two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out three across 5.2 innings in Monday's 7-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 28th
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	David Peterson allowed three hits and one walk with four strikeouts across 6.2 scoreless innings in Tuesday's 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	David Peterson allowed one run on two hits and four walks while striking out four across five innings in Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	David Peterson allowed 10 earned runs on nine hits and three walks while striking out three across 3.2 innings in Friday's 17-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			David Peterson SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
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)	#198
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

David Peterson for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation