Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Seth Lugo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 127	# 234
VBR	# 384	# 382

Projections

Strikeouts	25	24
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.33
WHIP	1.39	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 103	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	# 145

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 123	# 254

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	15

Games Started	27	15

Innings Pitched	150.1	71.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	160	79

Earned Runs	77	49

Home Runs Allowed	16	11

Strikeouts	116	65

Walks	47	31

ERA	4.61	6.15

WHIP	1.38	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	30.9	24.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	24

Earned Runs	15	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	25	24

Walks	10	9

ERA	4.44	4.33

WHIP	1.39	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Seth Lugo SP - KC	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
News
	Seth Lugo allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 26th	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
	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out three over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	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
	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out four over 4.2 innings in Friday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Seth Lugo allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Seth Lugo allowed five earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Rockies. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 3rd	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Seth Lugo SP - KC			Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Jun 20th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117

Who Should I Trade?

Grayson Rodriguez for Seth Lugo (2026)

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