Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Emerson Hancock (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	‐
VBR	# 353	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	39	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.33	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	110.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	88	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	102	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.26	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.33	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Bowden Francis will be out for the entire 2026 season as Blue Jays' manager John Schneider announced that he will be undergoing UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow. David Leisering Tue, Feb 10th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Emerson Hancock (2026)

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