Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 215	‐
VBR	# 567	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.62	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 182	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 387	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 113

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	18	1

Innings Pitched	94.0	2.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	91	1

Earned Runs	52	1

Home Runs Allowed	15	0

Strikeouts	90	3

Walks	47	1

ERA	4.98	3.86

WHIP	1.47	0.86

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	26.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	25	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.62	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
News
	Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in a win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th
	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday’s loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th
	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out nine over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st
	Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on seven hits and two walks while striking out eight over 5 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH			Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#235	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#110	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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