Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 136	# 218
VBR	# 291	# 800

Projections

Strikeouts	10	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.37	5.18
WHIP	1.24	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	# 148

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 236	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	62	22

Games Started	0	18

Innings Pitched	57.2	108.1

Wins	6	8

Losses	8	7

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	16	0

Hits Allowed	57	107

Earned Runs	25	63

Home Runs Allowed	4	26

Strikeouts	89	72

Walks	25	35

ERA	3.90	5.23

WHIP	1.42	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	8.3	16.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	7	18

Earned Runs	3	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	10	13

Walks	3	6

ERA	3.37	5.18

WHIP	1.24	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Twins acquire Jeff Hoffman from the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Dodgers placed LHP Eric Lauer on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd
	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	Eric Lauer allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Tuesday's loss to the Cardinals. Chase Davis Wed, Sep 2nd
	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th	Eric Lauer allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Tuesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff Hoffman RP - MIN			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#198	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#138	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#213	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#281	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#312	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#176	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#320	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#221	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#315
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#228	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#283
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#240	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#379
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#177
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Jeff Hoffman (2026)

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