Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Jake Cousins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 92	‐
VBR	# 314	# 1032

Projections

Strikeouts	25	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	7	0
ERA	3.27	4.63
WHIP	1.18	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	6.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	4	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	10.50	‐

WHIP	2.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	2.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	7	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	3

Earned Runs	7	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	25	3

Walks	7	2

ERA	3.27	4.63

WHIP	1.18	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
	Edwin Diaz threw live batting practice on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Jake Cousins (2026)

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