Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Luis Castillo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 85	# 211
VBR	# 252	# 956

Projections

Strikeouts	53	22
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	5.12
WHIP	1.28	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	# 137

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 164	# 134

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	15	12

Innings Pitched	87.2	76.2

Wins	3	4

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	91	71

Earned Runs	48	41

Home Runs Allowed	12	18

Strikeouts	81	47

Walks	28	27

ERA	4.93	4.81

WHIP	1.36	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	12

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	56.4	28.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	29

Earned Runs	26	16

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	53	22

Walks	17	10

ERA	4.15	5.12

WHIP	1.28	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow 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
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 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
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Luis Castillo allowed one run on four hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ NYY
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#236
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Luis Castillo (2026)

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