Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Gavin Williams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 34	# 111
VBR	# 151	# 392

Projections

Strikeouts	78	54
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.73
WHIP	1.30	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 201

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 42	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 34	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 160

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	18

Games Started	20	18

Innings Pitched	119.1	102.2

Wins	10	5

Losses	5	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	99	96

Earned Runs	53	47

Home Runs Allowed	20	15

Strikeouts	145	86

Walks	37	32

ERA	4.00	4.12

WHIP	1.14	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	70.5	65.7

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	68

Earned Runs	30	35

Home Runs Allowed	9	9

Strikeouts	78	54

Walks	28	22

ERA	3.80	4.73

WHIP	1.30	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	Gavin Williams allowed five runs on seven hits over six innings while striking out 11 and walking none in a 7-1 loss to the Pirates in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	Bryce Elder allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out three over four innings in Thursday's 10-5 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
	Friday’s contest between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to air quality conditions the club announced. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 17th	Bryce Elder allowed five runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Saturday's 5-0 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 28th
	Gavin Williams will start on Friday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Bryce Elder gave up eight runs on 12 hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd
	Gavin Williams allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 over seven innings in Thursday's 5-2 win over Minnesota. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	Bryce Elder allowed six runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out two over four-plus innings in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 15th
	Gavin Williams allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.2 innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 4th	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on just two hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Gavin Williams (2026)

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