Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 711	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	3.92
WHIP	1.43	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 477	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	17.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.76	‐

WHIP	1.76	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	12

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	10.5	2.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	2

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	2

Walks	4	1

ERA	4.26	3.92

WHIP	1.43	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
News
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Rays reassigned RHP T.J. Nichols to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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
	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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
	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY			T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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