Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Ron Marinaccio (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 332	# 377
VBR	# 534	# 844

Projections

Strikeouts	17	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.04	4.72
WHIP	1.31	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 314	# 364

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	# 374

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	35

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	46.1	49.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	11	1

Hits Allowed	47	53

Earned Runs	24	27

Home Runs Allowed	6	10

Strikeouts	48	39

Walks	14	19

ERA	4.66	4.93

WHIP	1.32	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.7	17.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	3

Hits Allowed	17	16

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	15

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.04	4.72

WHIP	1.31	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT
News
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th	The Pirates acquired RHP Ron Marinaccio from the Padres for international signing pool money. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	The Padres designated Ron Marinaccio for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Ron Marinaccio will be available out of the bullpen for the Padres on Saturday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th	Ron Marinaccio’s suspension was reduced to two games. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Cole Sulser allowed no runs on one hit and one walk while striking out two in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians, recording his first save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 29th	The MLB has suspended Ron Marinaccio three games. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			Ron Marinaccio RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Ron Marinaccio (2026)

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