Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	‐
VBR	# 70	# 711

Projections

Strikeouts	63	8
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.50	4.13
WHIP	1.22	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 15	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 15	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 31	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 23	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	4

Games Started	23	4

Innings Pitched	136.2	17.0

Wins	10	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	19

Earned Runs	56	9

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	164	10

Walks	43	11

ERA	3.69	4.76

WHIP	1.16	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	55.4	9.5

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	9

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	63	8

Walks	18	4

ERA	3.50	4.13

WHIP	1.22	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	Jesus Luzardo fired eight shutout frames, allowing just four hits and two walks while striking out seven in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Jesus Luzardo was tagged for six runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five in Wednesday's 8-6 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just one run on three hits and a walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's 1-0 loss to the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Jesus Luzardo gave up one run on just two hits and two walks while striking out seven across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo will start on Saturday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 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
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#65	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#348	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

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