Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Jordan Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 802	# 499

Projections

Strikeouts	21	24
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.20	4.53
WHIP	1.44	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 391

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	82.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	75	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	20	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.83	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	4	4

Innings Pitched	26.8	30.5

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	32

Earned Runs	15	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	21	24

Walks	9	10

ERA	5.20	4.53

WHIP	1.44	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
News
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Jordan Montgomery will make his next rehab start on Saturday for Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Jordan Montgomery threw 52 pitches over four innings in a rehab start on Sunday for Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	The Rangers sent Jordan Montgomery on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Jordan Montgomery will make his next rehab start on Sunday for Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow 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	Rangers left-hander Jordan Montgomery (elbow) pitched three scoreless innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Jordan Montgomery (2026)

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