Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Eric Lauer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 200	# 218
VBR	# 303	# 579

Projections

Strikeouts	8	15
Wins	0	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.91	5.08
WHIP	1.38	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 97	# 148

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 127	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 342	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	21

Games Started	0	17

Innings Pitched	30.2	105.1

Wins	0	8

Losses	5	6

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	26	99

Earned Runs	11	56

Home Runs Allowed	3	24

Strikeouts	39	70

Walks	15	34

ERA	3.23	4.78

WHIP	1.34	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	6

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	9.0	18.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	8	20

Earned Runs	4	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	8	15

Walks	4	6

ERA	3.91	5.08

WHIP	1.38	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Smith RP - SF	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Giants recalled Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	The Giants optioned RHP Dylan Smith to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd
	The Giants recalled RHP Dylan Smith from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th	Eric Lauer allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th
	The Tigers are sending RHP Dylan Smith to the Giants for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 30th	Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Kansas City. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th
	The Tigers designated Dylan Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Eric Lauer allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Smith RP - SF			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#196	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#199
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#91	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#180	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#207	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#282	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#258
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#143	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#307	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#78	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#174	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Bryan King		vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#176	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#386	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#167	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 16th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sun, Aug 30th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Smith for Eric Lauer (2026)

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