Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for River Ryan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 15	‐
VBR	# 67	# 905

Projections

Strikeouts	87	7
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.48	4.12
WHIP	1.23	1.35

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	# 373

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	River Ryan SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	104.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	74	‐

Earned Runs	31	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	155	‐

Walks	45	‐

ERA	2.67	‐

WHIP	1.14	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	River Ryan SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	4

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	67.4	7.6

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	7

Earned Runs	26	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	87	7

Walks	27	3

ERA	3.48	4.12

WHIP	1.23	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	River Ryan SP - LAD
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	Dodgers’ pitching prospect River Ryan is being placed on the Triple-A injured list due to a hamstring issue. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said River Ryan is a possible replacement for Blake Snell in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	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	River Ryan is scheduled to start his first game since April 11th on Friday for Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th
	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 Dodgers have optioned right-hander River Ryan to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Brenton Kemp Fri, Mar 20th
	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	River Ryan told reporters he’s added 25 pounds over the last five months during his rehab process from Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Sat, Jan 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			River Ryan SP - LAD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#175
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#240
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#179	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for River Ryan (2026)

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