Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 468

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	31
Wins	‐	2
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.48
WHIP	‐	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 332

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	8

Games Started	1	5

Innings Pitched	2.1	40.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	38

Earned Runs	1	16

Home Runs Allowed	0	6

Strikeouts	3	36

Walks	1	14

ERA	3.86	3.60

WHIP	0.86	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	6

Innings Pitched	‐	41.3

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	43

Earned Runs	‐	21

Home Runs Allowed	‐	5

Strikeouts	‐	31

Walks	‐	14

ERA	‐	4.48

WHIP	‐	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
News
	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Hunter Dobbins allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Yankees. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th
	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Cardinals recalled Hunter Dobbins from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	The Cardinals optioned Hunter Dobbins to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	Hunter Dobbins allowed zero earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out five over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Angels. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	The Cardinals recalled Hunter Dobbins from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR			Hunter Dobbins SP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Hunter Dobbins (2026)

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