Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Roki Sasaki (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 89	# 110
VBR	# 302	# 444

Projections

Strikeouts	26	9
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	3.37
WHIP	1.37	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	# 145

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 80	# 127

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 176

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	‐	# 94

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 130	# 121

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	23	9

Innings Pitched	119.1	50.1

Wins	5	3

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	111	36

Earned Runs	61	23

Home Runs Allowed	22	4

Strikeouts	117	51

Walks	48	26

ERA	4.60	4.11

WHIP	1.33	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	25.7	8.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	8

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	9

Walks	10	3

ERA	4.26	3.37

WHIP	1.37	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Kris Bubic SP - LAD
News
	Roki Sasaki was pulled from Wednesday's start against the Braves in the fourth inning with an apparent blister on his right hand. Diego Sandoval Wed, Aug 26th	Kris Bubic is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th	Kris Bubic is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 14th	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Thursday's win over the Mariners. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	Kris Bubic is increasing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			Kris Bubic SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Kris Bubic for Roki Sasaki (2026)

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