Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Lucas Giolito (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 25	# 199
VBR	# 133	# 957

Projections

Strikeouts	32	3
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.86	4.72
WHIP	1.20	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 213

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 143

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 321

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	7

Games Started	17	5

Innings Pitched	98.2	29.2

Wins	7	2

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	32

Earned Runs	35	17

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	105	18

Walks	21	23

ERA	3.19	5.16

WHIP	1.07	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	2

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	31.8	2.9

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	3

Earned Runs	14	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	32	3

Walks	9	1

ERA	3.86	4.72

WHIP	1.20	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
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	The Padres transferred RHP Lucas Giolito to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	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	Lucas Giolito remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	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	The Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Lucas Giolito SP - SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Lucas Giolito (2026)

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