Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Justin Topa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH	Justin Topa RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	4	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.90	4.25
WHIP	1.45	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	34.1	21.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	39	29

Earned Runs	28	17

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	43	14

Walks	28	12

ERA	7.34	7.29

WHIP	1.95	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.1	8.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	3	9

Earned Runs	1	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	4	7

Walks	2	3

ERA	2.90	4.25

WHIP	1.45	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	The Nationals sent Justin Lawrence outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	The Nationals designated Justin Lawrence for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Justin Lawrence allowed a hit and a walk but no runs to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jun 28th	The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Justin Lawrence joins the Nationals bullpen on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Nationals have claimed RHP Justin Lawrence off waivers from the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th	The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH			Justin Topa RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Justin Topa (2026)

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