Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 15	‐
VBR	# 84	# 1050

Projections

Strikeouts	81	9
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.47	4.93
WHIP	1.22	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	9

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	16.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	75	18

Earned Runs	31	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	167	13

Walks	48	14

ERA	2.46	5.40

WHIP	1.09	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	62.7	10.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	10

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	81	9

Walks	25	5

ERA	3.47	4.93

WHIP	1.22	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
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	The Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Reds recalled Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	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	The Reds optioned Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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	The Reds recalled RHP Jose Franco from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th
	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 Reds optioned RHP Jose Franco to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Jose Franco (2026)

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