Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for JP Sears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JP Sears SP - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 234	‐
VBR	# 408	# 793

Projections

Strikeouts	22	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.38	4.50
WHIP	1.38	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 254	# 133

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	8

Games Started	15	6

Innings Pitched	71.2	32.2

Wins	4	3

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	33

Earned Runs	49	17

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	65	25

Walks	31	11

ERA	6.15	4.68

WHIP	1.53	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JP Sears SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	5

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	22.3	4.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	4

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	3

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.38	4.50

WHIP	1.38	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	JP Sears SP - SD
News
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed one earned run on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 27th	The Padres optioned LHP JP Sears to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	JP Sears allowed three runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Thursday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	JP Sears allowed one hit over 3 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	JP Sears may not make his scheduled start on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	JP Sears allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits over five innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA			JP Sears SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#303
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#430
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for JP Sears (2026)

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