Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 540	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	3.54
WHIP	1.35	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	37

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	34.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	11	39

Earned Runs	4	28

Home Runs Allowed	1	9

Strikeouts	20	43

Walks	7	28

ERA	2.70	7.34

WHIP	1.35	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	8.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	12	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	9

Walks	6	5

ERA	4.06	3.54

WHIP	1.35	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL	Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
News
	Ryan Fernandez was optioned back to Triple-A Memphis after Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	The Nationals sent Justin Lawrence outright to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Ryan Fernandez took the loss against the Brewers, allowing two hits and three runs (two earned) while recording zero outs. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th	The Nationals designated Justin Lawrence for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	The Cardinals activated RHP Ryan Fernandez from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Ryan Fernandez began a rehab assignment on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th	Justin Lawrence joins the Nationals bullpen on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	The Cardinals placed RHP Ryan Fernandez on the 15-day injured list with lower back pain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	The Nationals have claimed RHP Justin Lawrence off waivers from the Twins. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Fernandez RP - STL			Justin Lawrence RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Lawrence for Ryan Fernandez (2026)

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