Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 86
VBR	# 1	# 260

Projections

Strikeouts	31	43
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.25	4.17
WHIP	1.17	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	# 82

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 102

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 111

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 113

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 49

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	20

Games Started	14	17

Innings Pitched	85.2	99.2

Wins	8	3

Losses	2	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	55	106

Earned Runs	17	56

Home Runs Allowed	4	16

Strikeouts	95	86

Walks	26	32

ERA	1.79	5.06

WHIP	0.95	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	5	8

Innings Pitched	27.4	46.5

Wins	2	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	21	44

Earned Runs	10	22

Home Runs Allowed	3	7

Strikeouts	31	43

Walks	9	14

ERA	3.25	4.17

WHIP	1.17	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Luis Castillo SP - SEA
News
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Luis Castillo allowed five runs on 11 hits over five innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Luis Castillo will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-4 in loss to the Mariners with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Shohei Ohtani will not throw his scheduled bullpen on Saturday due to his knee not feeling 100%. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Luis Castillo SP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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