Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Franco Aleman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 335	# 346
VBR	# 534	# 446

Projections

Strikeouts	10	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	3.91
WHIP	1.30	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 334

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 316	# 343

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	14

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	14.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	11	3

Hits Allowed	47	12

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	48	17

Walks	14	5

ERA	4.66	3.77

WHIP	1.32	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.1	11.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	9	10

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	10	13

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.01	3.91

WHIP	1.30	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Franco Aleman RP - CLE
News
	The Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Guardians optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	Franco Aleman was recalled by the Guardians ahead of Friday's game against the White Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Cole Sulser has begun throwing live batting practice and is reportedly doing well, according to Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash. Cash indicated Sulser could return to the active roster “pretty soon” if his progression continues without setbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th	Franco Aleman was optioned back to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th
	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Franco Aleman has been called up from Triple-A Columbus to the Cleveland Guardians. He should be available on Friday at home against the Twins. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Franco Aleman to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			Franco Aleman RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#172
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Franco Aleman (2026)

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