Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	# 53
VBR	# 29	# 341

Projections

Strikeouts	83	45
Wins	5	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.91	4.38
WHIP	1.11	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 63

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 69

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 54

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 50

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 117

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 47

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	21	19

Innings Pitched	115.1	105.1

Wins	9	6

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	80

Earned Runs	47	37

Home Runs Allowed	11	13

Strikeouts	138	97

Walks	26	26

ERA	3.67	3.16

WHIP	1.06	1.01

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	15

Games Started	12	8

Innings Pitched	70.5	50.9

Wins	5	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	49

Earned Runs	23	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	83	45

Walks	18	16

ERA	2.91	4.38

WHIP	1.11	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday's series finale against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Emerson Hancock had X-rays return negative on his finger injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Emerson Hancock was removed from Sunday's start early against the Rays with an apparent injury. 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
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#316
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Mon, May 18th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Paul Skenes (2026)

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