Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Josh Staumont (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Josh Staumont RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 965	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.18	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Josh Staumont RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	76.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	71	‐

Earned Runs	41	‐

Home Runs Allowed	18	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	4.81	‐

WHIP	1.28	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Josh Staumont RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	27.6	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	22	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	5.18	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Josh Staumont RP - CIN
News
	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	Josh Staumont is returning to the Cincinnati reds on a minor league deal. The contract includes an invitation to MLB Spring Training. David Leisering Sun, Jan 11th
	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
	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
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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
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			Josh Staumont RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Josh Staumont (2026)

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