Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jacob Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	# 215
VBR	# 129	# 560

Projections

Strikeouts	32	23
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	4.66
WHIP	1.19	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 189

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 182

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 387

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	22

Games Started	17	19

Innings Pitched	98.2	99.0

Wins	7	5

Losses	7	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	85	94

Earned Runs	35	53

Home Runs Allowed	13	15

Strikeouts	105	96

Walks	21	50

ERA	3.19	4.82

WHIP	1.07	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	4

Innings Pitched	31.5	24.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	23

Earned Runs	13	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	32	23

Walks	9	10

ERA	3.82	4.66

WHIP	1.19	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 28th	Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out six over five innings in Friday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Thursday’s 6-1 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Gerrit Cole allowed one earned run on five hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in a win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on six hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over seven innings in Monday’s loss to the Rays. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th
	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	Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out nine over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Jacob Lopez SP - ATH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#157
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ BOS	Erik Miller
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Sat, Jun 6th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#48
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jacob Lopez (2026)

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