Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Cody Ponce (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 225	‐
VBR	# 436	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.60	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 307	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 68	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	1

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	103.1	2.1

Wins	8	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	98	1

Earned Runs	41	1

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	85	3

Walks	36	1

ERA	3.57	3.86

WHIP	1.30	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	40.6	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.60	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Young SP - BAL	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	Brandon Young allowed four earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Friday's win over the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 1st	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over 6.1 innings in Saturday's win over Atlanta. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 26th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Brandon Young allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Brandon Young will start on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	Brandon Young allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Young SP - BAL			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Young for Cody Ponce (2026)

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