Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 1	# 5
VBR	# 1	# 29

Projections

Strikeouts	19	68
Wins	1	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	2.90
WHIP	1.19	1.10

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	# 4

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 11

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 3

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 4

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 6

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 13

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Paul Skenes SP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	23

Games Started	14	23

Innings Pitched	85.2	124.2

Wins	8	9

Losses	2	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	109

Earned Runs	17	57

Home Runs Allowed	4	13

Strikeouts	95	156

Walks	26	32

ERA	1.79	4.12

WHIP	0.95	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Paul Skenes SP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	10

Games Started	3	10

Innings Pitched	16.4	57.1

Wins	1	4

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	46

Earned Runs	6	18

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	19	68

Walks	6	15

ERA	3.31	2.90

WHIP	1.19	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Paul Skenes SP - PIT
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to begin catch play again in Chicago this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
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			Paul Skenes SP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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