Who Should I Trade?

Roki Sasaki for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 296	# 809

Projections

Strikeouts	38	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.17
WHIP	1.38	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 128	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 79	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 80	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 115	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 130	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	99.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	90	‐

Earned Runs	51	‐

Home Runs Allowed	20	‐

Strikeouts	101	‐

Walks	39	‐

ERA	4.64	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	37.4	7.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	7

Earned Runs	18	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	38	6

Walks	15	2

ERA	4.39	4.17

WHIP	1.38	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
News
	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	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Roki Sasaki allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Roki Sasaki allowed one run, zero earned, on five hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.2 innings Friday against the Yankees. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	Roki Sasaki will start on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Roki Sasaki allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Roki Sasaki for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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