Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	‐
VBR	# 73	# 965

Projections

Strikeouts	93	8
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.47	4.86
WHIP	1.23	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 129

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	9

Games Started	17	2

Innings Pitched	98.1	37.2

Wins	6	5

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	36

Earned Runs	28	16

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	148	30

Walks	44	11

ERA	2.56	3.82

WHIP	1.13	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	8

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	71.7	9.5

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	9

Earned Runs	28	5

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	93	8

Walks	29	3

ERA	3.47	4.86

WHIP	1.23	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
News
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	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	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed two earned runs with four walks against eight strikeouts in a no-decision against the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 23rd	Jesse Scholtens allowed two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out four batters across 4.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss against the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

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