Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 14	# 36
VBR	# 67	# 137

Projections

Strikeouts	89	57
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.46	3.41
WHIP	1.22	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 52

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	# 43

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	# 26

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 36

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 37

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 17

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	10

Games Started	18	10

Innings Pitched	104.1	61.2

Wins	6	4

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	43

Earned Runs	31	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	155	50

Walks	45	19

ERA	2.67	3.21

WHIP	1.14	1.01

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	68.7	62.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	55

Earned Runs	26	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	89	57

Walks	27	19

ERA	3.46	3.41

WHIP	1.22	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Max Fried SP - NYY
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	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will be activated next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will make his next rehab start on Thursday or Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 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	Yankees left-hander Max Fried (elbow) could re-join the club's rotation after just two rehab starts. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Max Fried will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Max Fried SP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#259
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Max Fried (2026)

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