Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Ryan Rolison (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 100	# 318
VBR	# 256	# 678

Projections

Strikeouts	26	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.25	4.42
WHIP	1.17	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 448

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 248

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	35

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	6.0	39.0

Wins	1	5

Losses	0	1

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	9	31

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	10	40

Walks	5	17

ERA	10.50	2.54

WHIP	2.33	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.3	20.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	14	20

Earned Runs	7	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	26	17

Walks	7	8

ERA	3.25	4.42

WHIP	1.17	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Ryan Rolison will start for the Cubs on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Ryan Rolison served as an opener for the first time this season on Sunday and retired all four batters he faced in the Cubs' 5-1 loss to the Giants. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Ryan Rolison retired one batter in the tenth before allowing a walk-off two-run home run to Edgar Quero as the White Sox defeated the Cubs, 9-8, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs recalled Ryan Rolison from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th	The Cubs optioned LHP Ryan Rolison to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
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			Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Ryan Rolison (2026)

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