Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 28	‐
VBR	# 152	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	66	2
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.48
WHIP	1.23	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 18	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 25	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	55.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.93	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	13

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	67.8	2.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	2

Earned Runs	31	1

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	66	2

Walks	19	1

ERA	4.13	4.48

WHIP	1.23	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Ben Hess SP - NYY
News
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Yankees reassigned RHP Ben Hess to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Gerrit Cole will start on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over 6 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on five hits while striking out seven over five innings in Friday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Ben Hess SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Hess for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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