Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 28	‐
VBR	# 152	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	61	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.04	‐
WHIP	1.21	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	62.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	56	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	66	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	3.92	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	61.3	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	28	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	17	‐

ERA	4.04	‐

WHIP	1.21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	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 Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	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	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
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Gerrit Cole will start on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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