Who Should I Trade?

Chase Shugart for Jake Cousins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 773	# 925

Projections

Strikeouts	15	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	4.04
WHIP	1.42	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 374	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	5.40	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.3	2.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	2

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	15	3

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.55	4.04

WHIP	1.42	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Phillies recalled Chase Shugart from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	The Phillies optioned RHP Chase Shugart to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	The Phillies acquired RHP Chase Shugart from the Pirates for INF Francisco Loreto. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Shugart RP - PHI			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 29th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th				vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th				vs MIL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Shugart for Jake Cousins (2026)

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