Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Roki Sasaki (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 153
VBR	# 302	# 390

Projections

Strikeouts	26	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.26
WHIP	1.37	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	# 175

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 80	# 195

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 130	# 135

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	19

Games Started	23	19

Innings Pitched	119.1	86.1

Wins	5	3

Losses	5	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	111	80

Earned Runs	61	44

Home Runs Allowed	22	11

Strikeouts	117	102

Walks	48	42

ERA	4.60	4.59

WHIP	1.33	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	4

Games Started	5	4

Innings Pitched	25.7	19.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	18

Earned Runs	12	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	26	21

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.26	4.26

WHIP	1.37	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Jack Flaherty SP - DET
News
	The Dodgers have placed right-hander Roki Sasaki on the injured list due to a blister on his right middle finger. Brenton Kemp Thu, Aug 27th	Jack Flaherty is increasing intensity and distance in throwing progression. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said late Wednesday that Roki Sasaki is headed to the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	Jack Flaherty is "increasing intensity, volume and distance" in his throwing. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Roki Sasaki was pulled from Wednesday's start against the Braves in the fourth inning with an apparent blister on his right hand. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 26th	Jack Flaherty resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said he now expects Jack Flaherty's IL stint to be "more than the minimum." Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 14th	Jack Flaherty has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right flexor inflammation. Diego Sandoval Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			Jack Flaherty SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#192	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Flaherty for Roki Sasaki (2026)

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