Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Brandon Lockridge (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1261	# 1288

Projections

Runs	3	3
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	2	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.235	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 285	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	85	45

Runs	9	10

Hits	25	9

Singles	21	7

Doubles	4	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	12	2

Stolen Bases	5	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	10	0

Strikeouts	25	18

Batting Average	.294	.200

On Base Pct	.368	.200

Slugging Pct	.341	.267

On-base Plus Slugging	.710	.467

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	20	23

Runs	3	3

Hits	5	5

Singles	3	3

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	2	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	2

Strikeouts	6	7

Batting Average	.235	.212

On Base Pct	.295	.273

Slugging Pct	.329	.326

On-base Plus Slugging	.624	.599

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	The Brewers confirmed Brandon Lockridge will begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Brandon Lockridge will begin a minor-league rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Brewers have transferred outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Brandon Lockridge's return has been bumped back to late July. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Brewers outfielder Brandon Lockridge (knee) received a PRP injection on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	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
	Brandon Lockridge LF,CF,RF - MIL			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Brandon Lockridge (2026)

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