Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Dylan Cease (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Bailey Falter SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	‐
VBR	# 81	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	82	10
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.43	4.77
WHIP	1.22	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 434

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Bailey Falter SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	5

Games Started	19	2

Innings Pitched	113.1	9.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	75	24

Earned Runs	31	15

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	167	6

Walks	48	6

ERA	2.46	13.97

WHIP	1.09	3.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Bailey Falter SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	21

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	63.8	14.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	50	14

Earned Runs	24	8

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	82	10

Walks	25	5

ERA	3.43	4.77

WHIP	1.22	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Bailey Falter SP - KC
News
	Dylan Cease allowed one hit and three walks while striking out 12 over nine innings in Saturday's win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Royals sent Bailey Falter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Royals designated Bailey Falter for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Bailey Falter allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two, serving as the opener in Tuesday's loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Wed, May 20th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Bailey Falter (elbow) has been activated from the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Royals left-hander Bailey Falter (elbow) threw two scoreless innings in his latest rehab start with Triple-A Omaha on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Bailey Falter SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th				@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs CLE
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Dylan Cease (2026)

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