Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Pepiot for Zach Eflin (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB	Zach Eflin SP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

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Projections

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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 91	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB	Zach Eflin SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	3.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	1

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	7

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	2.45

WHIP	‐	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB	Zach Eflin SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

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Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB	Zach Eflin SP - BAL
News
	The Rays said Ryan Pepiot's right hip surgery Wednesday went well and he is expected to make a full recovery for spring training next year. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th	Zach Eflin successfully underwent Tommy John surgery Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th
	Ryan Pepiot (hip) will miss the remainder of the 2026 season to undergo right hip surgery. The surgery is scheduled for May 13. David Leisering Fri, May 1st	Baltimore is still awaiting a second opinion on the MRI of Eflin's right elbow. The Orioles transferred him to the 60-day IL Tuesday, making him ineligible to return until May 31. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Ryan Pepiot had a bad day on Monday as his right hip felt “unstable” while playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	Zach Eflin is getting a second opinion on his elbow. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Rays transferred RHP Ryan Pepiot to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th	The Orioles placed RHP Zach Eflin on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	Pepiot has not pitched in a game setting since March 17 and was placed on the IL prior to Opening Day with right hip inflammation. He may need more than one rehab start before Tampa Bay brings him back. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th	The Orioles are expected to place Zach Eflin on the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Pepiot SP - TB			Zach Eflin SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#285
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, May 9th				vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th				vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Pepiot for Zach Eflin (2026)

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