Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Jake Bennett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 211
VBR	# 359	# 956

Projections

Strikeouts	34	22
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	5.12
WHIP	1.35	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	# 134

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	15

Games Started	9	12

Innings Pitched	53.2	76.2

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	71

Earned Runs	14	41

Home Runs Allowed	3	18

Strikeouts	38	47

Walks	9	27

ERA	2.35	4.81

WHIP	0.88	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	45.2	28.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	29

Earned Runs	22	16

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	34	22

Walks	13	10

ERA	4.29	5.12

WHIP	1.35	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and three walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday's 2-1 win over Minnesota. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd
	Jake Bennett earned the win Friday against the Angels after allowing two runs on five hits over 7.2 innings. He struck out six and threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes in his longest outing of the season. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jake Bennett earned the win Saturday against the Yankees after allowing one run on three hits and two walks over 6.1 innings. He struck out three while throwing 59 of his 87 pitches for strikes in Boston’s 4-1 victory. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out four over six innings in Monday's win over the Rays. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 16th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Jake Bennett (2026)

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