Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Wilber Dotel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 709

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	17
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.52
WHIP	‐	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 348

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 113	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	11

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	22.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	1	19

Earned Runs	1	12

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	3	25

Walks	1	9

ERA	3.86	4.84

WHIP	0.86	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	20

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	19.7

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	19

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	17

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.52

WHIP	‐	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cody Ponce SP,RP - TOR	Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
News
	Cody Ponce underwent surgery on his torn ACL on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Wilber Dotel will remain in the majors with the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Cody Ponce will undergo ACL surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th	Wilber Dotel will be the 27th man for the Pirates in Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Blue Jays transferred Cody Ponce to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th	Wilber Dotel will make a rehab appearance for Double-A Altoona. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Blue Jays placed RHP Cody Ponce on the 15-day injured list with a right knee ACL sprain. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	Wilber Dotel will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th
	Cody Ponce has a right ACL sprain and will miss significant time. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 31st	Wilber Dotel threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
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			Wilber Dotel SP,RP - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Cody Ponce for Wilber Dotel (2026)

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