Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Manuel Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 91	‐
VBR	# 268	# 857

Projections

Strikeouts	26	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.32	3.82
WHIP	1.17	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
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	Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	8.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	3.32	3.82

WHIP	1.17	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Manuel Rodriguez will throw his first live BP session on June 30. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Manuel Rodriguez has progressed to throwing bullpen sessions. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Manuel Rodriguez on the 60-day IL on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Feb 11th
	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
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			Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Manuel Rodriguez (2026)

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