Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Garrett Whitlock (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 53	# 156
VBR	# 326	# 302

Projections

Strikeouts	42	25
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.35	3.37
WHIP	1.32	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	# 180

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	# 176

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	# 244

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 69

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	40

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	105.1	39.0

Wins	6	6

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	20

Hits Allowed	80	28

Earned Runs	37	9

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	97	41

Walks	26	6

ERA	3.16	2.08

WHIP	1.01	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	25

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	47.3	22.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	45	19

Earned Runs	23	8

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	42	25

Walks	15	6

ERA	4.35	3.37

WHIP	1.32	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
News
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Garrett Whitlock earned his first save of the season Monday against the Nationals, allowing one hit and no walks while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning. He handled closing duties with Aroldis Chapman unavailable after pitching on each of the previous two days. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Red Sox activated Garrett Whitlock from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Garrett Whitlock is on track to be activated prior to Tuesday’s game against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Garrett Whitlock threw a scoreless inning in his first rehab appearance at Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday's series finale against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Garrett Whitlock is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#381
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Garrett Whitlock (2026)

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