Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Jared Jones (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Jones SP - PIT	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 118	‐
VBR	# 218	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	45	10
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.48
WHIP	1.29	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 201	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 66	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 58	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 434

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Jones SP - PIT	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	5

Games Started	11	2

Innings Pitched	52.0	9.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	24

Earned Runs	22	15

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	58	6

Walks	15	6

ERA	3.81	13.97

WHIP	1.02	3.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Jones SP - PIT	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	19

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	42.7	13.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	39	13

Earned Runs	19	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	45	10

Walks	15	5

ERA	3.93	4.48

WHIP	1.29	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Jones SP - PIT	Bailey Falter SP - ATL
News
	Jared Jones allowed three runs on four hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Royals have traded left-hander Bailey Falter to the Braves. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Jared Jones allowed one run on two hits over six innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Royals sent Bailey Falter to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Jared Jones allowed one run on three hits over five innings with nine strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Royals designated Bailey Falter for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Jared Jones will start on Friday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Jared Jones struck out eight over six perfect innings in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Bailey Falter (elbow) has been activated from the IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jared Jones SP - PIT			Bailey Falter SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Falter for Jared Jones (2026)

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