Who Should I Trade?

Dustin May for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 25	# 87
VBR	# 135	# 236

Projections

Strikeouts	35	30
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.04
WHIP	1.19	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 95

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	# 97

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 119

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 60

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 102

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Dustin May SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	24

Games Started	16	24

Innings Pitched	92.2	124.0

Wins	7	6

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	119

Earned Runs	32	63

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	100	118

Walks	20	42

ERA	3.11	4.57

WHIP	1.07	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Dustin May SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	6

Innings Pitched	35.0	30.9

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	28

Earned Runs	15	14

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	35	30

Walks	10	12

ERA	3.84	4.04

WHIP	1.19	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Dustin May SP - MIL
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Thursday’s 6-1 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Dustin May allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out one over two innings in Wednesday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Dustin May allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Wednesday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Dustin May allowed two earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Thursday’s 5-2 win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Dustin May is scheduled to start on the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers against the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday according to Sophia Minnaert. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th
	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	The Brewers added Dustin May to their active roster. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Dustin May SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs STL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Dustin May for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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