Who Should I Trade?

Josh Hader for Max Lazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Max Lazar RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	‐
VBR	# 184	# 781

Projections

Strikeouts	32	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	12	0
ERA	3.17	4.57
WHIP	1.12	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 17	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 51	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	6.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	7

Earned Runs	2	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	28	4

Walks	8	1

ERA	1.10	7.11

WHIP	0.86	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.8	19.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	16	20

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	32	15

Walks	9	6

ERA	3.17	4.57

WHIP	1.12	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Hader RP - HOU	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	Josh Hader allowed one walk while striking out two over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Josh Hader struck out two batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 6-4 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Josh Hader struck out one over one scoreless frame to pick up the save in Saturday's 8-6 win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Josh Hader struck out two and allowed one walk over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Wednesday’s 3-1 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Josh Hader struck out two batters in a scoreless inning to lock down a save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Max Lazar began a rehab assignment with High-A Jersey Shore on Thursday, allowing one earned run on two hits and one walk while recording one out. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Hader RP - HOU			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Hader for Max Lazar (2026)

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