Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	DJ Herz SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 141	# 840

Projections

Strikeouts	57	7
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	3.92
WHIP	1.22	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	68.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	60	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	73	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	3.57	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	57.8	6.7

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	6

Earned Runs	26	3

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	57	7

Walks	16	3

ERA	4.03	3.92

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	DJ Herz threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on four hits while striking out 11 over seven innings in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Gerrit Cole will start on the mound for the New York Yankees against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#322
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

DJ Herz for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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