Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Mike Yastrzemski (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL	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	# 300	‐
VBR	# 371	# 1273

Projections

Runs	18	3
Home Runs	5	0
RBI	16	2
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.231	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 247	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 308	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	248	45

Runs	35	11

Hits	57	9

Singles	38	7

Doubles	11	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	30	2

Stolen Bases	1	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	28	0

Strikeouts	69	18

Batting Average	.230	.200

On Base Pct	.317	.200

Slugging Pct	.367	.267

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.467

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	20

Runs	18	3

Hits	29	5

Singles	17	3

Doubles	6	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	16	2

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	2

Strikeouts	34	6

Batting Average	.231	.224

On Base Pct	.321	.289

Slugging Pct	.410	.344

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.633

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Mike Yastrzemski went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer in Thursday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 31st	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
	The Braves activated Mike Yastrzemski from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Mike Yastrzemski (elbow) could return from the IL as soon as Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	The Atlanta Braves placed Mike Yastrzemski on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to left elbow inflammation. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Mike Yastrzemski went 1-for-3 with a grand slam, two walks, and two runs scored in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Mike Yastrzemski LF,CF,RF - ATL			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Mike Yastrzemski (2026)

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