Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Rico Garcia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 94	# 162
VBR	# 212	# 498

Projections

Strikeouts	25	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	1
ERA	3.24	4.24
WHIP	1.17	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 231

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 224

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	# 113

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	# 147

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	51

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.0	47.1

Wins	1	4

Losses	0	1

Saves	5	5

Blown Saves	1	5

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	12	27

Earned Runs	8	16

Home Runs Allowed	1	9

Strikeouts	12	49

Walks	5	14

ERA	9.00	3.04

WHIP	2.13	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	17.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	14	15

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	25	18

Walks	7	7

ERA	3.24	4.24

WHIP	1.17	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Rico Garcia RP - BAL
News
	Edwin Diaz allowed one earned run on two hits with no walks and no strikeouts while throwing 13 pitches. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd
	The Dodgers activated RHP Edwin Díaz from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will be activated from the injured list on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Edwin Diaz will not be activated this weekend. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
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			Rico Garcia RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Rico Garcia (2026)

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