Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	# 218
VBR	# 417	# 579

Projections

Strikeouts	20	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.25	5.08
WHIP	1.42	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 120	# 148

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	21

Games Started	15	17

Innings Pitched	67.2	105.1

Wins	6	8

Losses	4	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	99

Earned Runs	40	56

Home Runs Allowed	9	24

Strikeouts	83	70

Walks	44	34

ERA	5.32	4.78

WHIP	1.46	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	6

Games Started	2	3

Innings Pitched	18.7	18.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	20

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	20	15

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.25	5.08

WHIP	1.42	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd
	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#131	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#389	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#231	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#124	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#415	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#233	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#157	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#258
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#184	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#163	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Thu, Aug 13th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#232	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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