Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Walbert Urena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 734	# 711

Projections

Strikeouts	35	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.60	4.28
WHIP	1.54	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 94	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	18	4

Innings Pitched	99.1	17.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	72	19

Earned Runs	28	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	95	10

Walks	52	11

ERA	2.54	4.76

WHIP	1.25	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	10

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	40.8	10.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	10

Earned Runs	21	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	35	9

Walks	21	4

ERA	4.60	4.28

WHIP	1.54	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	Walbert Urena allowed three hits and three walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings in a win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Walbert Urena allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Walbert Urena allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Walbert Urena will start for the Angels on Tuesday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Walbert Urena allowed one hit and five walks while striking out three over four innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Walbert Urena SP - LAA			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Walbert Urena (2026)

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