Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	# 31
VBR	# 121	# 152

Projections

Strikeouts	57	61
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.62	4.04
WHIP	1.17	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 21	# 48

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 20	# 26

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 45

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 33	# 70

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 30	# 16

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	# 22

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	20	11

Innings Pitched	111.1	62.0

Wins	9	3

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	84	56

Earned Runs	38	27

Home Runs Allowed	12	11

Strikeouts	112	66

Walks	19	12

ERA	3.07	3.92

WHIP	0.93	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	58.9	61.3

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	55

Earned Runs	24	28

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	57	61

Walks	15	17

ERA	3.62	4.04

WHIP	1.17	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out nine across seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five across five innings in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th	Gerrit Cole will start on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 9th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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