Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 67	‐
VBR	# 353	# 1081

Projections

Strikeouts	36	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	5.25
WHIP	1.31	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 56	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 57	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 79	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 159	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	20.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	32	19

Earned Runs	17	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	52	15

Walks	26	16

ERA	3.30	4.43

WHIP	1.25	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	11

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	34.2	8.3

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	8

Earned Runs	16	5

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	36	7

Walks	14	4

ERA	4.19	5.25

WHIP	1.31	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	Carlos Rodon could be nearing clearance for a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon (elbow) will throw a "two-up" side session on Saturday, according to skipper Aaron Boone. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he is hopeful Carlos Rodon can throw a full bullpen this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Carlos Rodon threw a bullpen session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Carlos Rodon has had a few good days of throwing. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carlos Rodon SP - NYY			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Rodon for Jose Franco (2026)

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