Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Wenceel Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 256	‐
VBR	# 1171	# 1290

Projections

Runs	8	3
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	7	3
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.235	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 257	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 253	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 263	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 302	# 386

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	161	39

Runs	22	9

Hits	29	9

Singles	17	7

Doubles	4	1

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	17	2

Stolen Bases	3	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	14	0

Strikeouts	29	15

Batting Average	.180	.231

On Base Pct	.246	.231

Slugging Pct	.348	.308

On-base Plus Slugging	.594	.539

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	62	25

Runs	8	3

Hits	15	5

Singles	9	4

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	7	3

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	2

Strikeouts	14	7

Batting Average	.235	.214

On Base Pct	.299	.270

Slugging Pct	.408	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.590

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET	Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
News
	Tigers outfielder Wenceel Perez (orbital fracture) has rejoined the team and started a hitting progression on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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 Tigers transferred Wenceel Perez to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Billy Cook has been recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis ahead of Wednesday's game against the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Tigers are placing Wenceel Perez on the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Pirates optioned Billy Cook to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Wenceel Perez is not expected to be available for Wednesday’s game against the Astros. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th	The Pirates recalled OF Billy Cook from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Tigers outfielder Wenceel Perez hit a two-run pinch-hit homer as part of an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	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
	Wenceel Perez CF,RF - DET			Billy Cook LF,CF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#332	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#259
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Billy Cook for Wenceel Perez (2026)

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