Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Leody Taveras (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 298	‐
VBR	# 897	# 1274

Projections

Runs	10	3
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	9	2
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.234	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 293	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 252	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	287	45

Runs	41	11

Hits	65	9

Singles	45	7

Doubles	10	1

Triples	5	1

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	39	2

Stolen Bases	10	5

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	34	0

Strikeouts	82	18

Batting Average	.227	.200

On Base Pct	.310	.200

Slugging Pct	.348	.267

On-base Plus Slugging	.658	.467

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	20

Runs	10	3

Hits	19	5

Singles	13	3

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	9	2

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	7	2

Strikeouts	20	6

Batting Average	.234	.224

On Base Pct	.290	.289

Slugging Pct	.373	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.664	.633

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in an 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Leody Taveras went 2-for-4 in the win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Taveras went 1-for-3 in a win over the White Sox with a home run, one walk, two runs scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 2nd	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Leody Taveras went 2-for-3 in a win over the Mariners with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, one strikeout, and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jun 11th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Leody Taveras went 1-for-5 in a win over the Red Sox with one run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Fri, Jun 5th	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
	Leody Taveras CF,RF - BAL			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

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Billy Cook for Leody Taveras (2026)

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