Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Eduardo Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 97	‐
VBR	# 378	# 897

Projections

Strikeouts	52	8
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.21
WHIP	1.41	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 104	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 187	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	116.2	‐

Wins	8	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	101	‐

Earned Runs	34	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	82	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	2.62	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	64.7	7.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	6

Earned Runs	33	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	52	8

Walks	24	3

ERA	4.55	4.21

WHIP	1.41	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a win on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed five runs on seven hits over 2 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two in a no-decision on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	DJ Herz threw 38 pitches over 2 2/3 innings in a rehab start for Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Eduardo Rodriguez allowed one run on five hits over seven innings with one strikeout in a win on Monday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	DJ Herz will continue his rehab assignment with Single-A Fredericksburg on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eduardo Rodriguez SP - ARI			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos		vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Eduardo Rodriguez (2026)

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