Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 209	‐
VBR	# 802	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.20	‐
WHIP	1.44	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 91

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


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	82.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	75	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	20	‐

Strikeouts	52	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.83	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

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


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	4	‐

Innings Pitched	26.8	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	5.20	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB
News
	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	The Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st
	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	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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 Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	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	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th
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 Pepiot SP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Ryan Pepiot (2026)

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