Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 15	# 31
VBR	# 72	# 152

Projections

Strikeouts	75	61
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.45	4.04
WHIP	1.21	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 15	# 16

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 15	# 48

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 45

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 11	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 23	# 22

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 31	# 26

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	11

Games Started	21	11

Innings Pitched	122.1	62.0

Wins	9	3

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	106	56

Earned Runs	50	27

Home Runs Allowed	11	11

Strikeouts	152	66

Walks	38	12

ERA	3.68	3.92

WHIP	1.18	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	66.1	61.3

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	55

Earned Runs	25	28

Home Runs Allowed	8	9

Strikeouts	75	61

Walks	21	17

ERA	3.45	4.04

WHIP	1.21	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
News
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just one run on three hits and a walk while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's 1-0 loss to the Yankees. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Jesus Luzardo gave up one run on just two hits and two walks while striking out seven across five innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo will start on Saturday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Jesus Luzardo allowed just two hits and two walks while racking up 11 strikeouts over seven shutout innings in Thursday's 1-0 win over the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Jesus Luzardo gave up just one run on four hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's 6-1 win against the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	Gerrit Cole will start on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jesus Luzardo SP - PHI			Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#61	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#282	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#298	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th				@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jesus Luzardo (2026)

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