Who Should I Trade?

Roki Sasaki for Winston Santos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Winston Santos SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 102	‐
VBR	# 328	# 960

Projections

Strikeouts	43	3
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.70
WHIP	1.39	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 80	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 176	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 130	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	99.0	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	2

Earned Runs	51	2

Home Runs Allowed	20	1

Strikeouts	101	1

Walks	39	1

ERA	4.64	9.00

WHIP	1.30	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	3.6

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	40	4

Earned Runs	21	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	43	3

Walks	17	1

ERA	4.36	4.70

WHIP	1.39	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Winston Santos SP - TEX
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	The Rangers have optioned right-hander Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	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	The Rangers recalled RHP Winston Santos from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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	The Rangers optioned Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Roki Sasaki will start on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Rangers pitching prospect Winston Santos has joined the club for Wednesday's game against the Marlins. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Rangers optioned RHP Winston Santos to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			Winston Santos SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Mar 29th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Roki Sasaki for Winston Santos (2026)

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