Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Nathan Church (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	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	# 297	‐
VBR	# 550	# 1267

Projections

Runs	14	3
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	13	3
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.245	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 309	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 234	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	258	43

Runs	31	10

Hits	59	9

Singles	41	7

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	29	2

Stolen Bases	5	5

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	13	0

Strikeouts	57	17

Batting Average	.229	.209

On Base Pct	.269	.209

Slugging Pct	.364	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.633	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	23

Runs	14	3

Hits	29	5

Singles	20	4

Doubles	5	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	13	3

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	2

Strikeouts	23	7

Batting Average	.245	.223

On Base Pct	.297	.281

Slugging Pct	.370	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.667	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Nathan Church went 2-for-5 in Friday's 17-1 win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Nathan Church went 1-for-5 in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Nathan Church went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's win over the Braves with a home run, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Nathan Church went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a stolen base, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 23rd	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Nathan Church went 3-for-4 in win over the Mets with a double and a run scored. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 10th	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
	Nathan Church LF,CF,RF - STL			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Nathan Church (2026)

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