Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 3	# 209
VBR	# 18	# 822

Projections

Strikeouts	82	23
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.80	5.24
WHIP	1.02	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	# 135

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	15

Games Started	14	12

Innings Pitched	82.2	76.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	71

Earned Runs	26	41

Home Runs Allowed	10	18

Strikeouts	98	47

Walks	11	27

ERA	2.83	4.81

WHIP	0.93	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	12

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	68.8	28.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	30

Earned Runs	21	16

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	82	23

Walks	13	10

ERA	2.80	5.24

WHIP	1.02	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Tarik Skubal allowed five hits while striking out nine over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's 7-0 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Tarik Skubal allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal pitched five innings of one-run ball, striking out nine and earning the win over the Athletics on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Tarik Skubal is “tentatively” lined up to pitch Sunday against the Phillies just before All-Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal allowed two runs (one earned) on just one hit and zero walks while striking out nine while earning the win over the Yankees on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 1st	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - DET			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#213
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#263
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SF
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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