Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	‐
VBR	# 132	# 471

Projections

Strikeouts	52	23
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.41
WHIP	1.21	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	13	1

Innings Pitched	73.2	17.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	64	16

Earned Runs	28	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	78	13

Walks	17	4

ERA	3.42	3.18

WHIP	1.10	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	52.5	26.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	47	26

Earned Runs	23	13

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	52	23

Walks	15	11

ERA	4.00	4.41

WHIP	1.21	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Blade Tidwell allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	Gerrit Cole allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Giants recalled Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on four hits while striking out 11 over seven innings in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Gerrit Cole will start on the mound for the New York Yankees against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

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Blade Tidwell for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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