Billy Cook or Taylor Ward

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Billy Cook or Taylor Ward Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	357	35

Runs	57	7

Hits	91	6

Singles	66	5

Doubles	19	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	25	0

Stolen Bases	3	4

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	75	0

Strikeouts	91	14

Batting Average	.255	.171

On Base Pct	.387	.171

Slugging Pct	.359	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.371

Billy Cook or Taylor Ward Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	539	63

Runs	77	7

Hits	130	15

Singles	75	10

Doubles	26	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	27	2

RBI	82	7

Stolen Bases	5	2

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	63	5

Strikeouts	149	19

Batting Average	.242	.231

On Base Pct	.322	.285

Slugging Pct	.447	.379

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.664

Billy Cook or Taylor Ward Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Dodgers with a home run, three runs scored, one RBI, a walk and two strikeouts. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
	Once again, Taylor Ward delivered a season that was as maddening as it was productive for fantasy managers. He set career highs across the board, launching 36 home runs with 86 runs scored and 103 RBIs, while adding his usual handful of steals (four). The downside was a rough .228 batting average, a reminder of Ward's well-documented inconsistency. His month-to-month splits tell the story: he caught fire in May with a .255 average and 10 homers, only to cool off in June, hitting .204 with four long balls. There are reasons for optimism heading into 2026, including a contract-year motivation, an upgraded offensive environment after his move to Baltimore, and back-to-back healthy seasons. A 30-homer campaign with roughly 75-80 runs is within reach, but expecting another 100-RBI season is likely a stretch. If you roster Ward, prepare for volatility—smooth rides have never really been part of the package. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Billy Cook or Taylor Ward Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#347
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#162	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#196	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#203	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#108	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#285
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#189
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#89
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#148	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#190	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#175
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#76
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#134
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252	@ SF	Landen Roupp (6-8)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#187	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#313	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#121
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#56	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#92	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#90
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-6)	#58	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#219
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#229	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#100
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-1)	#102	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#148	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#269
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#81	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#227
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#164	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#185
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#307	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-0)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#41
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#252
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#123	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#295
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-3)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#156	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176	vs CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#418	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#223	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (3-9)	#147	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#18	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#300
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (5-4)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-5)	#195	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (4-3)	#106	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-4)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#153	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#75	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#120
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#31
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR