Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Max Meyer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Max Meyer SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	# 84
VBR	# 129	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	32	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.82	‐
WHIP	1.19	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 138

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	# 59

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 52

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 172

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 29

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Max Meyer SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	20

Games Started	17	20

Innings Pitched	98.2	111.0

Wins	7	9

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	85

Earned Runs	35	33

Home Runs Allowed	13	11

Strikeouts	105	121

Walks	21	41

ERA	3.19	2.68

WHIP	1.07	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Max Meyer SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	31.5	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.82	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Max Meyer SP - MIA
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	Max Meyer is contining a non-throw rehab. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	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	Max Meyer received a cortisone shot for his neck injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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 Marlins say Max Meyer will be re-evaluated next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Max Meyer has been shut down from throwing for another two weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Max Meyer is back in Miami after visiting a neck specialist in LA. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 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			Max Meyer SP - MIA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sat, Jul 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Max Meyer (2026)

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