Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 218
VBR	# 290	# 664

Projections

Strikeouts	30	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.89
WHIP	1.34	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 148

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	21

Games Started	26	17

Innings Pitched	151.1	105.1

Wins	4	8

Losses	14	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	99

Earned Runs	67	56

Home Runs Allowed	11	24

Strikeouts	135	70

Walks	52	34

ERA	3.98	4.78

WHIP	1.34	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	33.2	13.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	13

Earned Runs	16	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	30	10

Walks	12	4

ERA	4.24	4.89

WHIP	1.34	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	Eric Lauer allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Kansas City. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 13th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	Eric Lauer allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and no walks while striking out one over four innings in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 2nd	Eric Lauer is staying in the Dodgers’ rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Shane Baz (2026)

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