Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 276	‐
VBR	# 371	# 722

Projections

Strikeouts	19	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.30
WHIP	1.23	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 435	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	20

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	28.2	20.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	17	1

Hits Allowed	31	22

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	36	17

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.40	2.66

WHIP	1.29	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	10.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	17	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	19	9

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.66	4.30

WHIP	1.23	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS	Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
News
	Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th	The Red Sox optioned Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th	Tyler Samaniego will open for the Red Sox on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Justin Slaten is expected to be activated on Saturday or Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th	The Red Sox recalled Tyler Samaniego from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Justin Slaten threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Red Sox optioned LHP Tyler Samaniego to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Justin Slaten threw a bullpen session on Monday that went well and is scheduled to complete another later this week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 30th	Tyler Samaniego will be called up by the Red Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Slaten RP - BOS			Tyler Samaniego RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#214	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Slaten for Tyler Samaniego (2026)

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