Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Kenley Jansen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 92	# 79
VBR	# 314	# 332

Projections

Strikeouts	25	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	7	10
ERA	3.27	4.15
WHIP	1.18	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	# 78

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	# 82

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 75	# 127

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 175

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	# 64

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	# 64

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Kenley Jansen RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.0	23.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	4

Saves	4	11

Blown Saves	1	4

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	16

Earned Runs	7	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	10	25

Walks	5	13

ERA	10.50	4.56

WHIP	2.33	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Kenley Jansen RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	22.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	10

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	13	19

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	25	23

Walks	7	9

ERA	3.27	4.15

WHIP	1.18	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Kenley Jansen RP - DET
News
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	Edwin Diaz threw live batting practice on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	The Tigers have activated right-hander Kenley Jansen from the 15-day IL ahead of Friday's series opener against the Guardians. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Kenley Jansen RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#336
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#171
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#202
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Kenley Jansen (2026)

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