Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Roki Sasaki (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 96	‐
VBR	# 333	# 866

Projections

Strikeouts	40	13
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	4.99
WHIP	1.38	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 79	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 80	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 115	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 130	# 256

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	6

Games Started	19	6

Innings Pitched	99.0	28.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	90	26

Earned Runs	51	19

Home Runs Allowed	20	4

Strikeouts	101	19

Walks	39	20

ERA	4.64	6.11

WHIP	1.30	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	40.1	16.3

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	16

Earned Runs	20	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	40	13

Walks	16	7

ERA	4.41	4.99

WHIP	1.38	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
News
	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Thursday's win over the Mariners. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	Brandon Williamson will pitch on his rehab assignment on Thursday for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Roki Sasaki allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th	Brandon Williamson will officially begin his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Roki Sasaki allowed one run, zero earned, on five hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.2 innings Friday against the Yankees. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Brandon Williamson will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Roki Sasaki will start on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Roki Sasaki allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th	Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD			Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Roki Sasaki (2026)

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