Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Jose Caballero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	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	# 138	‐
VBR	# 106	# 1267

Projections

Runs	24	3
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	19	3
Stolen Bases	18	1
Batting Average	.227	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 232	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 141	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 105	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 178	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	287	43

Runs	36	10

Hits	69	9

Singles	48	7

Doubles	11	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	37	2

Stolen Bases	23	5

Caught Stealing	8	1

Walks	17	0

Strikeouts	71	17

Batting Average	.240	.209

On Base Pct	.292	.209

Slugging Pct	.383	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	174	23

Runs	24	3

Hits	40	5

Singles	27	4

Doubles	8	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	19	3

Stolen Bases	18	1

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	17	2

Strikeouts	48	7

Batting Average	.227	.223

On Base Pct	.305	.281

Slugging Pct	.352	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.657	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Jose Caballero went 0-for-3 in a win over the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Jose Caballero went 2-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Jose Caballero went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rays with one RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Jose Caballero went 2-for-3 in Monday’s win over the Rays with two home runs, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Jose Caballero went 1-for-3 in a win over the Twins with one stolen base, one run scored, and one RBI. 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
	Jose Caballero 2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - NYY			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Jose Caballero (2026)

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