Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Max Lazar (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	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	# 729	# 711

Projections

Strikeouts	15	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.59
WHIP	1.50	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.0	8.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	8

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	3	5

Walks	2	3

ERA	9.00	5.63

WHIP	2.00	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.5	19.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	13	20

Earned Runs	7	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	15	15

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.46	4.59

WHIP	1.50	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Phillies optioned Max Lazar to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th	The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	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
	Josh Simpson RP - SEA			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Max Lazar (2026)

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