Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Roki Sasaki (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 102	‐
VBR	# 349	# 867

Projections

Strikeouts	44	7
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	4.04
WHIP	1.39	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 80	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 130	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	93.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	85	‐

Earned Runs	49	‐

Home Runs Allowed	20	‐

Strikeouts	94	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	4.71	‐

WHIP	1.29	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	4

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	44.3	6.6

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	6

Earned Runs	22	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	44	7

Walks	17	3

ERA	4.41	4.04

WHIP	1.39	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Roki Sasaki allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Roki Sasaki allowed one run, zero earned, on five hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.2 innings Friday against the Yankees. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Roki Sasaki will start on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Roki Sasaki allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Roki Sasaki allowed six earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three over three innings in Thursday's win over the Padres. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#244	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Roki Sasaki (2026)

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