Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Cedric Mullins II (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cedric Mullins II CF - TB	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	# 206	‐
VBR	# 186	# 1290

Projections

Runs	24	3
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	23	3
Stolen Bases	9	1
Batting Average	.224	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 253	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 152	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 219	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cedric Mullins II CF - TB	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	286	39

Runs	32	9

Hits	57	9

Singles	41	7

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	11	0

RBI	30	2

Stolen Bases	15	5

Caught Stealing	6	1

Walks	28	0

Strikeouts	68	15

Batting Average	.199	.231

On Base Pct	.280	.231

Slugging Pct	.336	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.616	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cedric Mullins II CF - TB	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	25

Runs	24	3

Hits	41	5

Singles	25	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	23	3

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	46	7

Batting Average	.224	.214

On Base Pct	.298	.270

Slugging Pct	.389	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.688	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cedric Mullins II CF - TB	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Cedric Mullins II went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Cedric Mullins II went 1-for-3 with two walks, one run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Cedric Mullins II went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Thursday's 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Cedric Mullins II went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and two RBI in Wednesday's 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Cedric Mullins II went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Cedric Mullins II CF - TB			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Cedric Mullins II (2026)

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