Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Julian Fernandez (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 217	‐
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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 429

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Julian Fernandez RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	3

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	108.1	4.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	107	4

Earned Runs	63	3

Home Runs Allowed	26	1

Strikeouts	72	3

Walks	35	2

ERA	5.23	6.75

WHIP	1.31	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Julian Fernandez RP - FA
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Julian Fernandez RP - FA
News
	The Dodgers transferred LHP Eric Lauer to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	The Nationals released Julian Fernandez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Dodgers shut down Eric Lauer from throwing for a few days. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	The Nationals optioned Julian Fernandez to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Dodgers placed LHP Eric Lauer on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	The Nationals recalled RHP Julian Fernández from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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	Fernandez was claimed off waivers from the Dodgers in August and made three appearances out of Washington's bullpen during the final week of last season. He surrendered five runs with a 5:3 K:BB across five spring innings and was unable to secure a spot on the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 19th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD			Julian Fernandez RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#281
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#249
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#210
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#253
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (2-4)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (7-12)	#200
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#252
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF	Yunior Marte (0-2)	#276
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-2)	#276
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF	Carson Seymour (0-2)

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Julian Fernandez (2026)

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