Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Derek Hill (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 378
VBR	# 1271	# 1134

Projections

Runs	3	9
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	3	8
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.223	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 360

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 386	# 425

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	41	139

Runs	9	23

Hits	9	35

Singles	7	24

Doubles	1	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	0	8

RBI	2	17

Stolen Bases	5	11

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	0	11

Strikeouts	15	57

Batting Average	.220	.252

On Base Pct	.220	.311

Slugging Pct	.293	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.512	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	24	70

Runs	3	9

Hits	5	16

Singles	4	11

Doubles	1	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	3	8

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	2	5

Strikeouts	7	24

Batting Average	.223	.234

On Base Pct	.280	.289

Slugging Pct	.333	.382

On-base Plus Slugging	.613	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT	Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
News
	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	Derek Hill went 1-for-1 with a solo homer, a walk, and two runs scored in Monday's 10-7 win against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 21st
	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th	Derek Hill went 3-for-4 with a solo homer, two singles, and two RBI in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Derek Hill went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 26th
	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	Derek Hill hit a two-run homer in his only at-bat during Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Derek Hill was dealt to the Phillies on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT			Derek Hill LF,CF,RF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#289
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Derek Hill (2026)

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