Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Pecko for Payton Tolle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Pecko SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 51	‐
VBR	# 210	# 621

Projections

Strikeouts	49	10
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.94	4.44
WHIP	1.24	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 45	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 46	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 37	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 66	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Pecko SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	95.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	79	‐

Earned Runs	37	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	103	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	3.51	‐

WHIP	1.12	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Pecko SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	7

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	46.5	11.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	11

Earned Runs	20	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	49	10

Walks	15	4

ERA	3.94	4.44

WHIP	1.24	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS	Ethan Pecko SP - HOU
News
	Payton Tolle allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Astros GM Dana Brown mentioned prospect Ethan Pecko as an option to replace Mike Burrows in the starting rotation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Payton Tolle had his start pushed back to Monday against the Athletics. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Payton Tolle allowed four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out nine over 5 2/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st
	Payton Tolle is the presumed starter for Monday’s series opener against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Payton Tolle allowed two hits and one walk while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Payton Tolle SP,RP - BOS			Ethan Pecko SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Pecko for Payton Tolle (2026)

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