Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Braden Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	‐
VBR	# 331	# 1286

Projections

Runs	21	3
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	20	3
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.239	.209

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 134	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	132	43

Runs	21	10

Hits	33	9

Singles	19	7

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	19	2

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	12	0

Strikeouts	28	17

Batting Average	.250	.209

On Base Pct	.315	.209

Slugging Pct	.409	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	169	23

Runs	21	3

Hits	40	5

Singles	26	3

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	20	3

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	50	7

Batting Average	.239	.209

On Base Pct	.307	.269

Slugging Pct	.385	.322

On-base Plus Slugging	.693	.591

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Billy Cook went 3-for-4 with two RBI in the Pirates 7-1 win over the Guardians on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-5 in a win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 10th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Braden Montgomery is expected to join the White Sox ahead of Tuesday's game against the Braves. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Braden Montgomery (2026)

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