Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for George Springer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 90	‐
VBR	# 123	# 1271

Projections

Runs	28	3
Home Runs	8	0
RBI	25	3
Stolen Bases	5	1
Batting Average	.251	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 73	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 92	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 52	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	272	41

Runs	34	9

Hits	62	9

Singles	39	7

Doubles	12	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	25	2

Stolen Bases	7	5

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	30	0

Strikeouts	60	15

Batting Average	.228	.220

On Base Pct	.311	.220

Slugging Pct	.390	.293

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.512

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	180	24

Runs	28	3

Hits	45	5

Singles	28	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	25	3

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	2

Strikeouts	40	7

Batting Average	.251	.223

On Base Pct	.334	.280

Slugging Pct	.439	.333

On-base Plus Slugging	.773	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, and a stolen base in a 7-1 loss to the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp 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
	George Springer went 1-for-4 in Friday's loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer 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
	George Springer is starting in left field for the Blue Jays on Friday against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Blue Jays outfielder George Springer went 1-for-4 with a homer, a walk, and an additional runs scored in a 10-0 win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	The Blue Jays activated OF/DH George Springer from the family medical emergency list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	George Springer LF,CF,RF,DH - TOR			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for George Springer (2026)

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