Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 218	# 159
VBR	# 964	# 613

Projections

Strikeouts	10	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.78	4.60
WHIP	1.37	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 86

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 217

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 231

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	# 170

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	17	19

Innings Pitched	105.1	98.0

Wins	8	3

Losses	6	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	99	123

Earned Runs	56	72

Home Runs Allowed	24	18

Strikeouts	70	61

Walks	34	31

ERA	4.78	6.61

WHIP	1.26	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	3

Games Started	2	3

Innings Pitched	12.3	15.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	16

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	10	12

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.78	4.60

WHIP	1.37	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD	Zac Gallen SP - ARI
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Eric Lauer will move back to a long relief role. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Zac Gallen threw 45 pitches in a bridge camp game in Arizona on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	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	Zac Gallen will face hitters in a simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	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	Zac Gallen threw a 33-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Zac Gallen has progressed to throwing out to 120 feet. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Eric Lauer is staying in the Dodgers’ rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Diamondbacks transferred Zac Gallen to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 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			Zac Gallen SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Zac Gallen (2026)

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