Who Should I Trade?

Drew Sommers for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 515	# 990

Projections

Strikeouts	15	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.77
WHIP	1.42	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 402	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	20.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	17	19

Earned Runs	8	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	24	15

Walks	8	16

ERA	4.32	4.43

WHIP	1.50	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.4	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	14	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	15	7

Walks	6	4

ERA	3.81	4.77

WHIP	1.42	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Sommers RP - DET	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Tigers have recalled left-hander Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	Drew Sommers is with the Tigers on standby on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Drew Sommers will serve as the Tigers’ 27th man for Sunday’s doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Drew Sommers was with the Tigers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Sommers allowed two runs without surrendering a hit across three Grapefruit League innings. He walked four batters, hit two with pitches and threw one wild pitch during his spring appearances. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Sommers RP - DET			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Sommers for Jose Franco (2026)

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