Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Stone for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Gavin Stone SP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 986	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.04	‐
WHIP	1.50	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 479	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Gavin Stone SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	4.43	‐

WHIP	1.72	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Gavin Stone SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	7.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	7	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	7	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	5.04	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN	Gavin Stone SP - LAD
News
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Gavin Stone has been unable to ramp up his throwing without feeling soreness in his surgically repaired right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Dodgers transferred RHP Gavin Stone to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Stone experienced a setback with his surgically repaired right shoulder early in spring and was shut down from throwing. Recent imaging showed only inflammation, and he's now considered pain-free with a return to playing catch expected soon. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Gavin Stone has been cleared to start a throwing program. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Stone (shoulder) is recovering from surgery on his right shoulder and has experienced a setback. An MRI revealed inflammation in the shoulder but showed no structural damage. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN			Gavin Stone SP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Stone for Jose Franco (2026)

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