Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Randal Grichuk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1187	# 1267

Projections

Runs	7	3
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	3
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.231	.223

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 267	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	145	43

Runs	23	10

Hits	36	9

Singles	16	7

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	9	0

RBI	24	2

Stolen Bases	0	5

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	6	0

Strikeouts	36	17

Batting Average	.248	.209

On Base Pct	.281	.209

Slugging Pct	.517	.279

On-base Plus Slugging	.798	.488

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	55	23

Runs	7	3

Hits	13	5

Singles	8	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	3

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	13	7

Batting Average	.231	.223

On Base Pct	.282	.281

Slugging Pct	.409	.335

On-base Plus Slugging	.691	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Randal Grichuk went 1-for-2 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 23rd	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Randal Grichuk went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Tigers with a solo home run, one double, and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Randal Grichuk delivered the heavy lifting even as Chicago let this one slip away. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 6th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Randal Grichuk provided a quick jolt, but it wasn’t enough in a 5-4 loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, May 21st	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
	Randal Grichuk LF,RF,DH - CWS			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY			@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Randal Grichuk (2026)

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