Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	# 125
VBR	# 135	# 323

Projections

Strikeouts	35	25
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.61
WHIP	1.19	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 155

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 117

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 108

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 88

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	20

Games Started	16	20

Innings Pitched	92.2	108.1

Wins	7	7

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	107

Earned Runs	32	54

Home Runs Allowed	12	18

Strikeouts	100	74

Walks	20	29

ERA	3.11	4.49

WHIP	1.07	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	6

Innings Pitched	35.0	31.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	32

Earned Runs	15	16

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	35	25

Walks	10	8

ERA	3.84	4.61

WHIP	1.19	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bailey Ober SP - MIN
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Thursday’s 6-1 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Bailey Ober allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Padres. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 24th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 4.1 innings in Monday's 4-2 win over Atlanta. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 18th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Bailey Ober allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Orioles. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 12th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Bailey Ober allowed three earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out zero over six innings in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 7th
	Gerrit Cole allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Bailey Ober allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Bailey Ober SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#392
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#163
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Bailey Ober for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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