Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Williams for Gerrit Cole (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	# 29
VBR	# 142	# 145

Projections

Strikeouts	63	54
Wins	3	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.01
WHIP	1.27	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	# 48

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	# 24

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 31	# 45

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	# 70

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	# 16

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 34	# 22

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	22	12

Innings Pitched	133.1	68.0

Wins	10	4

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	60

Earned Runs	55	27

Home Runs Allowed	21	11

Strikeouts	168	73

Walks	38	14

ERA	3.71	3.57

WHIP	1.07	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	55.8	54.8

Wins	3	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	49

Earned Runs	23	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	63	54

Walks	21	15

ERA	3.65	4.01

WHIP	1.27	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
News
	Gavin Williams allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 12 over seven innings in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Reds. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	Gavin Williams was sharp but got stuck with a no-decision, allowing no earned runs on two hits and no walks while striking out 11 over seven innings in Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Twins in 12 innings. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Gavin Williams allowed five runs on seven hits over six innings while striking out 11 and walking none in a 7-1 loss to the Pirates in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Friday’s contest between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to air quality conditions the club announced. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Gavin Williams will start on Friday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE			Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Williams for Gerrit Cole (2026)

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