Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 32	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	72	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	2.91	‐
WHIP	1.10	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 6	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	124.2	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	109	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	156	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	4.12	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	60.6	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	2.91	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Paul Skenes (2026)

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