Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Zach Penrod (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 50	‐
VBR	# 271	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	41	1
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	5.49
WHIP	1.34	1.83

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

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


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	116.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	96	‐

Earned Runs	43	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	108	‐

Walks	29	‐

ERA	3.33	‐

WHIP	1.07	‐

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


Games Played	11	13

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	46.7	0.8

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	1

Earned Runs	23	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	41	1

Walks	15	1

ERA	4.36	5.49

WHIP	1.34	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Zach Penrod RP - WSH
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	The Nationals signed LHP Zach Penrod to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Jan 20th
	Emerson Hancock will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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
	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Zach Penrod RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#88	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ 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)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Zach Penrod (2026)

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