Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Sonny Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	# 46
VBR	# 73	# 168

Projections

Strikeouts	93	67
Wins	5	5
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.47	3.92
WHIP	1.23	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	# 49

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	# 52

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 60

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 33

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 21

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	# 37

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	17

Games Started	17	17

Innings Pitched	98.1	95.2

Wins	6	11

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	81

Earned Runs	28	27

Home Runs Allowed	5	10

Strikeouts	148	85

Walks	44	24

ERA	2.56	2.54

WHIP	1.13	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	71.7	68.4

Wins	5	5

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	65

Earned Runs	28	30

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	93	67

Walks	29	18

ERA	3.47	3.92

WHIP	1.23	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
News
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Sonny Gray will start on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 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	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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 Braves have expressed interest in Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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 Astros are expected to show interest in Sonny Gray ahead of the trade deadline. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Sonny Gray did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Yankees after allowing one hit and one walk over 7.1 scoreless innings. He struck out nine and carried a no-hit bid into the eighth before Amed Rosario recorded a one-out single. Gray threw 64 of his 97 pitches for strikes, with his final strikeout marking the 2,000th of his career. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Sonny Gray SP - BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BAL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Sonny Gray (2026)

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