Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 358	‐
VBR	# 679	# 1057

Projections

Strikeouts	14	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	4.98
WHIP	1.43	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 401	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	10

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	20.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	24	19

Earned Runs	12	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	23	15

Walks	10	16

ERA	4.91	4.43

WHIP	1.55	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.5	7.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	13	8

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	7

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.41	4.98

WHIP	1.43	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Adam Macko was optioned back to Triple-A ahead of Friday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 31st	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Blue Jays optioned Adam Macko to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Blue Jays recalled Adam Macko from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Blue Jays optioned Adam Macko to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Adam Macko SP,RP - TOR			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Adam Macko for Jose Franco (2026)

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