Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 25	# 131
VBR	# 135	# 464

Projections

Strikeouts	35	24
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.69
WHIP	1.19	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 98

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 116

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 219

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 85

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	25

Games Started	16	25

Innings Pitched	92.2	143.2

Wins	7	8

Losses	6	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	132

Earned Runs	32	63

Home Runs Allowed	12	22

Strikeouts	100	118

Walks	20	46

ERA	3.11	3.95

WHIP	1.07	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	35.0	28.7

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	30

Earned Runs	15	15

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	35	24

Walks	10	10

ERA	3.84	4.69

WHIP	1.19	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Thursday’s 6-1 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Bryce Elder gave up three runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 26th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Bryce Elder gave up just one run on four hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's 5-3 win against the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Bryce Elder allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 11th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Bryce Elder gave up one run on just one hit and two walks while striking out three across seven innings in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th
	Gerrit Cole allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Bryce Elder allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Nationals. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#262
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Elder for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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