Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Simeon Woods Richardson (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bowden Francis SP - TOR	Simeon Woods Richardson SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 681

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	52
Wins	‐	3
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.91
WHIP	‐	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	DFA

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bowden Francis SP - TOR	Simeon Woods Richardson SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	12

Games Started	‐	10

Innings Pitched	‐	47.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	7

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	65

Earned Runs	‐	41

Home Runs Allowed	‐	9

Strikeouts	‐	26

Walks	‐	25

ERA	‐	7.74

WHIP	‐	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bowden Francis SP - TOR	Simeon Woods Richardson SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	29

Games Started	‐	9

Innings Pitched	‐	64.4

Wins	‐	3

Losses	‐	4

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	65

Earned Runs	‐	35

Home Runs Allowed	‐	10

Strikeouts	‐	52

Walks	‐	26

ERA	‐	4.91

WHIP	‐	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bowden Francis SP - TOR	Simeon Woods Richardson SP - MIN
News
	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th	The Twins designated Simeon Woods Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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	Simeon Woods Richardson allowed five earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over 2.2 innings in Thursday's loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Fri, May 29th
		Twins right-hander Simeon Woods-Richardson will be the starter Thursday afternoon against the White Sox in place of Kendry Rojas (elbow). Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th
		Simeon Woods Richardson allowed six earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out one over three innings in Wednesday's 9-5 loss to the Marlins. Matthew Adam Thu, May 14th
		Simeon Woods Richardson allowed five earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two over 4.1 innings in Thursday's 7-5 loss to the Nationals. Matthew Adam Fri, May 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bowden Francis SP - TOR			Simeon Woods Richardson SP - MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#306	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#424
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#53	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#53	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	vs TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1	vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#149
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#148	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#124	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#22	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#22	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#197
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#57
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-1)	#191
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-2)	#152
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (6-1)	#60	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#333
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (1-2)	#34
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109	@ CWS	David Sandlin (1-0)	#210
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#125	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94	@ PIT	Jared Jones (0-0)	#69
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#194	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#194	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43	vs KC	Luinder Avila
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY			vs STL
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS			@ TEX
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Jun 21st	@ CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU			vs LAD
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX			vs COL
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX			vs COL
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM			@ HOU
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB			@ CLE
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB			@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS			vs ATH
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#9
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-0)	#210
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Simeon Woods Richardson (2026)

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