Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Matt Wallner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	‐
VBR	# 1262	# 1267

Projections

Runs	4	3
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	5	3
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.223	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 240	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 244	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	43

Runs	14	10

Hits	20	9

Singles	13	7

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	10	2

Stolen Bases	0	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	10	0

Strikeouts	53	17

Batting Average	.167	.209

On Base Pct	.259	.209

Slugging Pct	.292	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.551	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	32	23

Runs	4	3

Hits	7	5

Singles	4	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	3

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	11	7

Batting Average	.223	.223

On Base Pct	.317	.281

Slugging Pct	.414	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th	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
	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Matt Wallner (2026)

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