Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 100	‐
VBR	# 250	# 1114

Projections

Strikeouts	47	45
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	5.38
WHIP	1.25	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 144	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 144	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 160	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	21

Games Started	15	20

Innings Pitched	75.0	97.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	7	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	68	134

Earned Runs	33	69

Home Runs Allowed	13	14

Strikeouts	77	73

Walks	26	38

ERA	3.96	6.40

WHIP	1.25	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	15

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	43.2	59.7

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	68

Earned Runs	18	36

Home Runs Allowed	5	10

Strikeouts	47	45

Walks	14	23

ERA	3.81	5.38

WHIP	1.25	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Griffin Jax SP,RP - TB	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
News
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Griffin Jax will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on one hit and two walks while striking out 10 across five innings in Monday's 5-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Griffin Jax allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 1st	Michael Lorenzen allowed four runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings of work on Sunday as the Rockies suffered an 8-6 loss to the Pirates. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st
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			Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#296	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#215	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Griffin Jax for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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