Who Should I Trade?

Bowden Francis for Sonny Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 46	‐
VBR	# 150	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	69	‐
Wins	5	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.92	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 37	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 49	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 60	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 21	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	95.2	‐

Wins	11	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	81	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	85	‐

Walks	24	‐

ERA	2.54	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	70.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	67	‐

Earned Runs	30	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	69	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	3.92	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS	Bowden Francis SP - TOR
News
	Sonny Gray will start on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Blue Jays placed Bowden Francis on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	The Braves have expressed interest in Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Astros are expected to show interest in Sonny Gray ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Sonny Gray did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Yankees after allowing one hit and one walk over 7.1 scoreless innings. He struck out nine and carried a no-hit bid into the eighth before Amed Rosario recorded a one-out single. Gray threw 64 of his 97 pitches for strikes, with his final strikeout marking the 2,000th of his career. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sonny Gray SP - BOS			Bowden Francis SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, May 9th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH			@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

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Bowden Francis for Sonny Gray (2026)

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