Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Emerson Hancock (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	‐
VBR	# 280	# 1071

Projections

Strikeouts	42	2
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	5.04
WHIP	1.33	1.65

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 60	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	116.1	6.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	8

Earned Runs	43	6

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	108	5

Walks	29	3

ERA	3.33	9.00

WHIP	1.07	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	47.9	3.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	4

Earned Runs	23	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	42	2

Walks	15	1

ERA	4.30	5.04

WHIP	1.33	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
News
	Emerson Hancock allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Dodgers have designated left-hander Cole Irvin for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Emerson Hancock will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Cole Irvin allowed six earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st
	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Dodgers have recalled left-hander Cole Irvin from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Lefthander Cole Irvin has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Los Angeles Dodgers. David Leisering Mon, Mar 16th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Dodgers signed left-hander Cole Irvin to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Cole Irvin SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Irvin for Emerson Hancock (2026)

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