Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Josiah Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 55	‐
VBR	# 338	# 1063

Projections

Strikeouts	47	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	5.73
WHIP	1.34	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 63	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 54	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 117	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	99.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	75	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	94	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	3.17	‐

WHIP	1.01	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	2

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	52.9	10.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	11

Earned Runs	26	7

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	47	9

Walks	17	5

ERA	4.36	5.73

WHIP	1.34	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
News
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday's series finale against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Nationals right-hander Josiah Gray (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the Nationals' training complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Emerson Hancock had X-rays return negative on his finger injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Josiah Gray played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Emerson Hancock was removed from Sunday's start early against the Rays with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Josiah Gray played catch on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Emerson Hancock allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals say Josiah Gray will undergo additional testing. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	Emerson Hancock will start Sunday's series finale against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Gray last appeared in a big-league game in April 2024 and missed most of the past two seasons following Tommy John surgery. A flexor strain at the end of spring training prevented him from joining the Opening Day rotation, and he is not eligible to come off the 60-day IL until late May. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th
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			Josiah Gray SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#314
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Josiah Gray (2026)

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