Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Will Klein (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 218	# 284
VBR	# 579	# 879

Projections

Strikeouts	15	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.08	4.21
WHIP	1.41	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 250

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 304

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	36

Games Started	17	3

Innings Pitched	105.1	41.2

Wins	8	3

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	99	44

Earned Runs	56	17

Home Runs Allowed	24	3

Strikeouts	70	49

Walks	34	21

ERA	4.78	3.67

WHIP	1.26	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	18.9	2.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	2

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	15	3

Walks	6	1

ERA	5.08	4.21

WHIP	1.41	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Will Klein SP,RP - LAD
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will return to the rotation. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Dodgers have placed right-hander Will Klein on the injured list due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Will Klein will serve as the opener for the Dodgers in Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 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	Will Klein allowed one earned run on no hits and two walks while striking out two batters over 1.1 innings, taking the loss in Friday's game to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Will Klein struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Padres. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Will Klein struck out three while allowing one hit and no walks over two scoreless innings in Thursday's 12-7 win over San Diego. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
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			Will Klein SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#266
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#298
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#317
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#258	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#258
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#162
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#166
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#271
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#158
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#121
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#150
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#191
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Will Klein (2026)

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