Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Joel Payamps (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 55	‐
VBR	# 611	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	6	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	3.33
WHIP	1.29	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 55	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	# 433

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	12

Games Started	25	0

Innings Pitched	138.2	7.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	126	9

Earned Runs	55	8

Home Runs Allowed	20	2

Strikeouts	126	9

Walks	32	4

ERA	3.57	9.39

WHIP	1.14	1.70

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	8

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	6.2	1.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	2

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.48	3.33

WHIP	1.29	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Joel Payamps RP - ATL
News
	Emerson Hancock will throw a bullpen session soon. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	The Braves designated Joel Payamps for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st
	The Mariners placed RHP Emerson Hancock on the 15-day injured list with a left adductor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Emerson Hancock is dealing with a left groin injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Emerson Hancock allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings with one strikeout in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th
	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts in a no-decision on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Joel Payamps RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#361	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#293
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#308
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#302
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#144
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Jedixson Paez (0-1)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#104	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (1-3)	#176
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Joel Payamps (2026)

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