Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Jordan Romano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 280	# 478

Projections

Strikeouts	42	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	4
ERA	4.30	4.78
WHIP	1.33	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 55	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	# 202

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


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	116.1	16.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	6	2

Saves	0	9

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	96	19

Earned Runs	43	12

Home Runs Allowed	15	1

Strikeouts	108	24

Walks	29	12

ERA	3.33	6.48

WHIP	1.07	1.86

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


Games Played	13	20

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	47.9	17.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	46	16

Earned Runs	23	9

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	42	17

Walks	15	7

ERA	4.30	4.78

WHIP	1.33	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Jordan Romano RP - COL
News
	Emerson Hancock allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Jordan Romano struck out one batter in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 3-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Emerson Hancock will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jordan Romano struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 5-2 win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	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 Romano struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jordan Romano allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one batter to earn the save in Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Jordan Romano allowed one hit while striking out two over one scoreless inning to record the save in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
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 Romano RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Jordan Romano (2026)

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