Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jose Franco (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 145	# 1033

Projections

Strikeouts	54	7
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.01	4.73
WHIP	1.21	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 45	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 479

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


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	73.2	20.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	64	19

Earned Runs	28	10

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	78	15

Walks	17	16

ERA	3.42	4.43

WHIP	1.10	1.72

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


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	54.8	7.6

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	8

Earned Runs	24	4

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	54	7

Walks	15	4

ERA	4.01	4.73

WHIP	1.21	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
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	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Jose Franco (2026)

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