Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for George Kirby (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 53
VBR	# 134	# 311

Projections

Strikeouts	54	40
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.31
WHIP	1.20	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 61

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	# 69

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 54

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 50

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 47

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	20

Games Started	20	20

Innings Pitched	120.0	110.1

Wins	8	6

Losses	9	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	130	88

Earned Runs	53	40

Home Runs Allowed	15	14

Strikeouts	107	102

Walks	25	27

ERA	3.98	3.26

WHIP	1.29	1.04

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	56.4	45.5

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	44

Earned Runs	24	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	54	40

Walks	12	14

ERA	3.83	4.31

WHIP	1.20	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
News
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	George Kirby allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with seven strikeouts in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	George Kirby will start on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for George Kirby (2026)

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