Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	‐
VBR	# 131	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	35	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.82	‐
WHIP	1.19	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	# 113

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	1

Games Started	17	1

Innings Pitched	98.2	2.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	1

Earned Runs	35	1

Home Runs Allowed	13	0

Strikeouts	105	3

Walks	21	1

ERA	3.19	3.86

WHIP	1.07	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	34.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	30	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.82	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 28th	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	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	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	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	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	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	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
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#125	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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