Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Triston McKenzie (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	‐
VBR	# 820	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	19	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.13	‐
WHIP	1.42	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	92.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	87	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	22	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	29	‐

ERA	4.89	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	22.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	19	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	5.13	‐

WHIP	1.42	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
News
	Eric Lauer is staying in the Dodgers’ rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Triston McKenzie has been reassigned to minor league camp by the San Diego Padres. David Leisering Sat, Mar 21st
	Eric Lauer will start for the Dodgers on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	McKenzie carries a 5.46 ERA across 24 big-league appearances (20 starts) since 2023 into Padres camp as a non-roster invitee, but his arm has shown something new this spring. He gained weight over the offseason and pitched in winter ball for the first time, and his four-seamer is averaging 95.7 mph — up two full mph from last season. McKenzie has never touched 97 mph in a major-league game, but he topped that mark 10 times in his most recent Cactus League outing and peaked at 98.8 mph. He admitted having "no idea" where the extra velocity is coming from. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Seattle. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th
	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
	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
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			Triston McKenzie SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#221
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#244
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN

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Eric Lauer for Triston McKenzie (2026)

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