Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Ronald Acuna Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 24	‐
VBR	# 9	# 1290

Projections

Runs	39	3
Home Runs	11	0
RBI	30	3
Stolen Bases	11	1
Batting Average	.277	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	195	35

Runs	31	7

Hits	49	6

Singles	31	5

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	22	0

Stolen Bases	15	4

Caught Stealing	7	1

Walks	35	0

Strikeouts	52	14

Batting Average	.251	.171

On Base Pct	.373	.171

Slugging Pct	.421	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	.371

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	199	25

Runs	39	3

Hits	55	5

Singles	34	4

Doubles	9	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	0

RBI	30	3

Stolen Bases	11	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	33	2

Strikeouts	51	7

Batting Average	.277	.214

On Base Pct	.389	.270

Slugging Pct	.492	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.881	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Ronald Acuna Jr. reached twice Saturday with a single and a walk in a rehab game for Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. will play in rehab games for Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday and Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Braves manager Walt Weiss said that he wouldn't rule out OF Ronald Acuña Jr. returning on the current homestand Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. (hamstring) will have his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th	The Pirates optioned OF Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam in his latest rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs NYM
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)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Ronald Acuna Jr. (2026)

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