Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jack Leiter (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 164
VBR	# 67	# 413

Projections

Strikeouts	87	36
Wins	5	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.48	4.45
WHIP	1.23	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 195

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 192

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 149

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 186

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	18	15

Innings Pitched	104.1	80.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	80

Earned Runs	31	48

Home Runs Allowed	7	14

Strikeouts	155	83

Walks	45	35

ERA	2.67	5.40

WHIP	1.14	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	12	7

Innings Pitched	67.4	37.3

Wins	5	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	34

Earned Runs	26	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	87	36

Walks	27	15

ERA	3.48	4.45

WHIP	1.23	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jack Leiter SP - TEX
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Jack Leiter underwent an arthroscopic surgery to remove a loose body in his ankle region on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Rangers placed RHP Jack Leiter on the 15-day injured list with a right ankle impingement. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	Jack Leiter (3-7) took the loss Thursday against the Twins after allowing six runs on seven hits and two walks over four innings. He struck out four. Minnesota scored four runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer by Brooks Lee, before Trevor Larnach added a two-run shot in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Jack Leiter allowed five earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Leiter has a 4.69 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, and 76:31 K:BB across 71 innings over 13 starts this season. He had won back-to-back starts entering Saturday, including a 10-strikeout performance over 5.2 scoreless innings his previous outing, before three scoreless frames against Cleveland gave way to a Jose Ramirez solo homer in the fourth. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 7th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Jack Leiter SP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Aug 24th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jack Leiter (2026)

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