Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Matt Gage (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 53	# 374
VBR	# 311	# 950

Projections

Strikeouts	40	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.24
WHIP	1.33	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

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	# 359

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	34

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	110.1	27.1

Wins	6	4

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	88	28

Earned Runs	40	17

Home Runs Allowed	14	6

Strikeouts	102	22

Walks	27	17

ERA	3.26	5.60

WHIP	1.04	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	8

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	45.5	7.4

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	44	7

Earned Runs	22	3

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	40	6

Walks	14	3

ERA	4.31	4.24

WHIP	1.33	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Matt Gage RP - SF
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	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Matt Gage RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Matt Gage (2026)

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