Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Jacob deGrom (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 11	‐
VBR	# 74	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	58	9
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.36	4.50
WHIP	1.07	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 10	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 13	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 12	# 434

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	5

Games Started	21	2

Innings Pitched	113.2	9.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	101	24

Earned Runs	50	15

Home Runs Allowed	16	4

Strikeouts	135	6

Walks	29	6

ERA	3.96	13.97

WHIP	1.14	3.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	20

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	51.1	12.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	42	12

Earned Runs	19	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	58	9

Walks	12	4

ERA	3.36	4.50

WHIP	1.07	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
News
	Jacob deGrom told the Rangers he wants to remain with the team after being approached about waiving his no-trade clause. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals have traded left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Jacob deGrom allowed five earned runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out three over 3 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals sent Bailey Falter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Jacob deGrom allowed one earned run on seven hits while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Royals designated Bailey Falter for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Jacob deGrom allowed five earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Jacob deGrom will start Monday's series opener against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Bailey Falter (elbow) has been activated from the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX			Bailey Falter SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th				vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Jacob deGrom (2026)

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