Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 101	# 276
VBR	# 194	# 371

Projections

Strikeouts	41	19
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	3.66
WHIP	1.22	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 57	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 144	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	# 165

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 160	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	33

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	28.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	9	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	2	17

Hits Allowed	80	31

Earned Runs	36	14

Home Runs Allowed	14	4

Strikeouts	100	36

Walks	30	6

ERA	3.53	4.40

WHIP	1.20	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	21

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	36.7	18.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	32	17

Earned Runs	15	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	41	19

Walks	12	6

ERA	3.65	3.66

WHIP	1.22	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
News
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits and no walks while striking out eight in Sunday's 9-1 loss against the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th
	Griffin Jax allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and three walks while striking out 10 across 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 4-1 loss against the Texas Rangers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
	Griffin Jax allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox, taking the loss in a 10-0 defeat. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 17th	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
	Griffin Jax will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Griffin Jax allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out three across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#262
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#170	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Justin Slaten (2026)

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