Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Max Lazar (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 695

Projections

Strikeouts	3	9
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	5.40	4.54
WHIP	1.40	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	6

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	5

Walks	‐	3

ERA	‐	5.63

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.5	12.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	3	12

Earned Runs	2	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	3	9

Walks	1	4

ERA	5.40	4.54

WHIP	1.40	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Phillies optioned Max Lazar to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th	The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd	The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th	The Phillies activated RHP Maz Lazar from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Max Lazar (2026)

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