Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 209	# 173
VBR	# 810	# 515

Projections

Strikeouts	23	31
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.21	4.28
WHIP	1.44	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 197

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 229

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 135	# 191

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 172

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	14

Games Started	12	14

Innings Pitched	76.2	70.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	69

Earned Runs	41	40

Home Runs Allowed	18	7

Strikeouts	47	57

Walks	27	23

ERA	4.81	5.12

WHIP	1.28	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	4	6

Innings Pitched	28.1	39.8

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	39

Earned Runs	16	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	23	31

Walks	10	14

ERA	5.21	4.28

WHIP	1.44	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
News
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Trevor McDonald left his start early on Monday due to a right elbow injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 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	Trevor McDonald left Monday's start early with a trainer. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Trevor McDonald allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out four over seven innings in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Eric Lauer will pitch in a bulk relief role on Monday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Trevor McDonald allowed eight earned runs on 11 hits and one walk over 2 1/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
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			Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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