Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Josh Simpson (2026)

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Stats
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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 759

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	16
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.44
WHIP	‐	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	4

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	1	4

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	3	3

Walks	1	2

ERA	3.86	9.00

WHIP	0.86	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	20

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	15.8

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	14

Earned Runs	‐	8

Home Runs Allowed	‐	2

Strikeouts	‐	16

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.44

WHIP	‐	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#316	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Josh Simpson (2026)

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