Who Should I Trade?

Luis Gastelum for Peter Lambert (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 142	‐
VBR	# 460	# 554

Projections

Strikeouts	43	17
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.73	4.04
WHIP	1.43	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 88	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 123	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 319	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 54	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	4

Games Started	16	0

Innings Pitched	92.0	3.2

Wins	8	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	6

Earned Runs	31	4

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	91	4

Walks	36	1

ERA	3.03	9.82

WHIP	1.11	1.91

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.8	18.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	47	17

Earned Runs	25	8

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	43	17

Walks	19	6

ERA	4.73	4.04

WHIP	1.43	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
News
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six innings in Friday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Luis Gastelum allowed two earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Friday's 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	Peter Lambert will start on Friday against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The St. Louis Cardinals selected the contract of Luis Gastelum from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Peter Lambert allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Cardinals have reassigned right-hander Luis Gastelum to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Peter Lambert allowed three hits and one walk while striking out six over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Peter Lambert allowed four earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Peter Lambert SP,RP - HOU			Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#343	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#105	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Gastelum for Peter Lambert (2026)

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