Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Jake McCarthy (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	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	# 115	‐
VBR	# 156	# 1267

Projections

Runs	22	3
Home Runs	4	0
RBI	18	3
Stolen Bases	8	1
Batting Average	.273	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 136	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 141	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 173	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 85	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	305	43

Runs	44	10

Hits	92	9

Singles	55	7

Doubles	21	1

Triples	6	1

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	56	2

Stolen Bases	17	5

Caught Stealing	4	1

Walks	18	0

Strikeouts	59	17

Batting Average	.302	.209

On Base Pct	.346	.209

Slugging Pct	.508	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.854	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	23

Runs	22	3

Hits	42	5

Singles	29	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	18	3

Stolen Bases	8	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	11	2

Strikeouts	30	7

Batting Average	.273	.223

On Base Pct	.329	.281

Slugging Pct	.416	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Jake McCarthy went 2-for-5 in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Reds with a double, two runs scored, two RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Reds with one walk and one stolen base. 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
	Jake McCarthy went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Giants with an inside-the-park solo home run, one stolen base, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Jake McCarthy ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Jake McCarthy went 4-for-5 in a 15-3 win over the Giants with two home runs, two runs scored, six RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jake McCarthy LF,CF,RF - COL			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Jake McCarthy (2026)

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