Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Jordan Montgomery (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 53	‐
VBR	# 353	# 479

Projections

Strikeouts	39	22
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.55
WHIP	1.32	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 61	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 391

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	110.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	88	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	14	‐

Strikeouts	102	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.26	‐

WHIP	1.04	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	8	4

Innings Pitched	44.2	28.3

Wins	3	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	29

Earned Runs	21	14

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	39	22

Walks	14	9

ERA	4.33	4.55

WHIP	1.32	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
News
	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	Jordan Montgomery threw 75 pitches over 4 1/3 innings in a rehab start on Saturday for Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jordan Montgomery will now make his next rehab start for Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Jordan Montgomery will make his next rehab start on Saturday for Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Jordan Montgomery threw 52 pitches over four innings in a rehab start on Sunday for Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	The Rangers sent Jordan Montgomery on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
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			Jordan Montgomery SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Jordan Montgomery (2026)

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