Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jose Butto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 27	‐
VBR	# 142	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	51	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.02	‐
WHIP	1.22	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	3

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	73.2	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	6

Earned Runs	28	5

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	78	5

Walks	17	4

ERA	3.42	22.50

WHIP	1.10	5.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	51.6	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.02	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
News
	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	The Giants transferred Jose Butto to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	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	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit and will miss 5-6 months. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 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	José Buttó underwent surgery Friday to remove a blood clot from his right armpit. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 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	The Giants placed RHP José Buttó on the 15-day injured list with right forearm fatigue. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Jose Butto left Wednesday’s relief appearance against the Padres with arm soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Jose Butto SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#384
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#133
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#234
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 6th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jose Butto (2026)

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