Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Dylan Cease (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	# 210
VBR	# 73	# 396

Projections

Strikeouts	94	52
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.46	4.49
WHIP	1.22	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 147

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	18

Games Started	17	16

Innings Pitched	98.1	82.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	73

Earned Runs	28	47

Home Runs Allowed	5	15

Strikeouts	148	87

Walks	44	39

ERA	2.56	5.16

WHIP	1.13	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	13	11

Innings Pitched	72.7	54.2

Wins	5	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	51

Earned Runs	28	27

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	94	52

Walks	29	23

ERA	3.46	4.49

WHIP	1.22	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
News
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Brandon Sproat allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday's win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed two earned runs with four walks against eight strikeouts in a no-decision against the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 23rd	Brandon Sproat allowed one hit while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#273	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#158	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Dylan Cease (2026)

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