Who Should I Trade?

Roki Sasaki for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	# 101
VBR	# 86	# 379

Projections

Strikeouts	68	47
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.35	4.47
WHIP	1.15	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 5	# 131

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 10	# 97

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	# 80

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	# 139

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 130

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	17

Games Started	18	17

Innings Pitched	119.2	86.2

Wins	10	3

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	82

Earned Runs	37	48

Home Runs Allowed	13	19

Strikeouts	113	85

Walks	25	34

ERA	2.78	4.98

WHIP	0.88	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	15

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	64.0	47.4

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	45

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	68	47

Walks	19	19

ERA	3.35	4.47

WHIP	1.15	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Roki Sasaki will start on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed six earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 9-2 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	Roki Sasaki allowed six earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three over three innings in Thursday's win over the Padres. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Yoshinobu Yamamoto will not pitch in the All-Star Game. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Roki Sasaki allowed three earned runs on three hits and five walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's loss to the Padres. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SF

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Roki Sasaki for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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