Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 145	# 704

Projections

Strikeouts	54	29
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.83
WHIP	1.21	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 63

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	12	4

Innings Pitched	68.0	24.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	22

Earned Runs	27	9

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	73	21

Walks	14	7

ERA	3.57	3.33

WHIP	1.09	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	10	5

Innings Pitched	54.8	34.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	38

Earned Runs	24	19

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	54	29

Walks	15	12

ERA	4.01	4.83

WHIP	1.21	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Gabriel Hughes allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Wednesday's loss to the Padres. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on four hits while striking out 11 over seven innings in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Gabriel Hughes allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in a loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Gerrit Cole will start on the mound for the New York Yankees against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Gabriel Hughes allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Friday’s loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Gabriel Hughes will start on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Gabriel Hughes allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Wednesday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Gabriel Hughes SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#234
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#398
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Gabriel Hughes for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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