Who Should I Trade?

Juan Mejia for Max Lazar (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 364	‐
VBR	# 708	# 693

Projections

Strikeouts	18	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.49	4.56
WHIP	1.48	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 342	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 410	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	6

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	8.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	6	0

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	52	8

Earned Runs	29	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	49	5

Walks	26	3

ERA	5.29	5.63

WHIP	1.58	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.4	12.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	12

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	9

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.49	4.56

WHIP	1.48	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Juan Mejia RP - COL	Max Lazar RP - PHI
News
	Juan Mejia allowed two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning as Colorado's opener on Thursday. Colorado, however, came back to win, 3-2, against Houston. David Leisering Fri, Apr 17th	The Phillies optioned Max Lazar to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Juan Mejia picked up his first save of the season on Monday, recording five outs to help the Rockies to a 9-7 victory over the Astros. David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th	The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
		The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		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
	Juan Mejia RP - COL			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

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