Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Tanner Rainey (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 332	‐
VBR	# 583	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	4.35
WHIP	1.33	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 314	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 335	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	46.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	11	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	48	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.66	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.3	3.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	12	3

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	3

Walks	5	2

ERA	4.10	4.35

WHIP	1.33	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Sulser RP - TB	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
News
	The Rays placed RHP Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list with lower back spasms. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	The Tigers have reassigned right-hander Tanner Rainey to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	The Rays activated RHP Cole Sulser from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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 Rays placed Cole Sulser on the 15-day injured list due to a low back strain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Cole Sulser threw 12 pitches in a scoreless ninth inning to earn his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cole Sulser RP - TB			Tanner Rainey RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Sat, May 9th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Sulser for Tanner Rainey (2026)

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