Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 218	# 386
VBR	# 756	# 839

Projections

Strikeouts	3	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.60	4.32
WHIP	1.30	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 429

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 391

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	108.1	19.1

Wins	8	2

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	107	18

Earned Runs	63	11

Home Runs Allowed	26	2

Strikeouts	72	15

Walks	35	11

ERA	5.23	5.12

WHIP	1.31	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.2	1.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	2

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	3	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.60	4.32

WHIP	1.30	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Nick Mears RP - KC
News
	The Dodgers placed LHP Eric Lauer on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	Nick Mears will undergo season-ending surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	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	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
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			Nick Mears RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#25
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#347
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#179	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#223	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#227	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Brycen Mautz (0-1)	#316	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#146	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-3)	#166	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#65
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Nick Mears (2026)

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