Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Slade Cecconi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 215	‐
VBR	# 416	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	36	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.68	‐
WHIP	1.35	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 132	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	110.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	125	‐

Earned Runs	58	‐

Home Runs Allowed	17	‐

Strikeouts	88	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	4.75	‐

WHIP	1.45	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	36	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.68	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	The Guardians will move Slade Cecconi to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Slade Cecconi allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Twins. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 9th
	Slade Cecconi allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out three over five innings in Thursday's 6-5 win over the White Sox. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 3rd
	Slade Cecconi allowed zero earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Saturday's win over the Mariners. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Slade Cecconi SP - CLE			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Slade Cecconi (2026)

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