Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Canning for Tarik Skubal (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 4	# 259
VBR	# 25	# 497

Projections

Strikeouts	64	27
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.81	4.59
WHIP	1.02	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 5	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 3	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 5	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 235

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 280

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	17

Games Started	16	11

Innings Pitched	96.2	67.0

Wins	7	3

Losses	5	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	72

Earned Runs	30	49

Home Runs Allowed	10	13

Strikeouts	116	67

Walks	14	32

ERA	2.79	6.58

WHIP	0.91	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	5

Innings Pitched	53.9	29.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	28

Earned Runs	17	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	64	27

Walks	11	12

ERA	2.81	4.59

WHIP	1.02	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD	Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
News
	Tarik Skubal will take the mound for the first time for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs Tuesday. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Griffin Canning allowed one hit over three scoreless innings with four strikeouts in a win on Wednesday against the Rockies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Tarik Skubal is expected to make his debut with the Dodgers on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Griffin Canning allowed five runs (four earned) on five hits over 2 2/3 innings with four strikeouts in a loss on Thursday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Detroit Tigers have traded two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers in a four-player deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Griffin Canning allowed four runs on five hits over 3 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Tarik Skubal allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Padres right-hander Griffin Canning will start on Saturday against the Royals. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	The Tigers still expect Tarik Skubal to make his next start on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Griffin Canning allowed two runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts in a loss on Thursday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tarik Skubal SP - LAD			Griffin Canning SP,RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
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)	#46	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ CLE
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
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN
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
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL

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Griffin Canning for Tarik Skubal (2026)

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