Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Ryan Gusto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 211	# 264
VBR	# 976	# 540

Projections

Strikeouts	22	28
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.18	4.73
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 226

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	10

Games Started	12	6

Innings Pitched	76.2	28.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	71	32

Earned Runs	41	16

Home Runs Allowed	18	3

Strikeouts	47	25

Walks	27	10

ERA	4.81	5.02

WHIP	1.28	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	19

Games Started	4	3

Innings Pitched	27.6	32.4

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	33

Earned Runs	16	17

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	22	28

Walks	10	12

ERA	5.18	4.73

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
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	The Marlins recalled RHP Ryan Gusto from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	The Marlins optioned Ryan Gusto to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Ryan Gusto allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.1 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Ryan Gusto gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks while recording one strikeout across 4.2 innings in Monday's 7-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Ryan Gusto allowed no runs on three hits and one walk while striking out four across four scoreless innings in Wednesday's 8-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
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			Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#236	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY			@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Ryan Gusto (2026)

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