Who Should I Trade?

George Soriano for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Soriano RP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 346	‐
VBR	# 528	# 1081

Projections

Strikeouts	19	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.39	5.25
WHIP	1.40	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 373	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 307	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Soriano RP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	20.1

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	4	0

Holds	16	1

Hits Allowed	36	19

Earned Runs	18	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	46	15

Walks	19	16

ERA	3.38	4.43

WHIP	1.15	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Soriano RP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	8.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	19	8

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	7

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.39	5.25

WHIP	1.40	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Soriano RP - STL	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	George Soriano allowed two earned runs on three hits while striking out one batter, taking a blown save in the 4-2 defeat. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	George Soriano allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out three over 1.1 innings and was charged with a blown save. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 15th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	George Soriano worked a scoreless inning in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Reds, allowing one hit on 12 pitches. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	George Soriano allowed one run on two hits while throwing 14 pitches to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sun, May 17th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	George Soriano picked up his first save of the season, striking out one batter and allowing one hit on 21 pitches in a scoreless outing in the win over Pittsburgh. Chase Davis Tue, Apr 28th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Soriano RP - STL			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

George Soriano for Jose Franco (2026)

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