Who Should I Trade?

Joey Gerber for Max Lazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	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	# 862	# 720

Projections

Strikeouts	8	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.56
WHIP	1.32	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.1	8.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	8

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	5

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.32	5.63

WHIP	1.20	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.3	18.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	8	19

Earned Runs	4	9

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	8	14

Walks	3	6

ERA	4.37	4.56

WHIP	1.32	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	The Mets optioned Joey Gerber to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	The Phillies optioned Max Lazar to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Joey Gerber was recalled from the minors ahead of Monday's game in Toronto. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Joey Gerber was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse following Tuesday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Mets recalled Joey Gerber from Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Mets optioned Joey Gerber to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	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
	Joey Gerber SP,RP - NYM			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TB
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Joey Gerber for Max Lazar (2026)

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