Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for CJ Kayfus (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1041	‐

Projections

Runs	0	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	0	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.108	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 386	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	22

Runs	12	4

Hits	9	4

Singles	7	2

Doubles	1	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	2	2

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	20	8

Batting Average	.177	.182

On Base Pct	.208	.280

Slugging Pct	.235	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.443	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	2	‐

Runs	0	‐

Hits	0	‐

Singles	0	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	0	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.108	‐

On Base Pct	.144	‐

Slugging Pct	.175	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.319	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	The Pirates recalled Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	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	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#292	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#45	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#197	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#267
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#152
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#86	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#49	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#122	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#36
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#246
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#340	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#11	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#225	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#5
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#146	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#1
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#152	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#336	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#307	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#148	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#261	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#58	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#171	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (8-3)	#112	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#86	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#257
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#144	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#55	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#154	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#231
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#287
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#1	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#336
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#120	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#297	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#158	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#200
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#154
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#101	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-3)	#150
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#50	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#36
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#334	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#267
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#154	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#216	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#100	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for CJ Kayfus (2026)

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