Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Roki Sasaki (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 25	# 89
VBR	# 135	# 313

Projections

Strikeouts	35	28
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.84	4.27
WHIP	1.19	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 129

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	# 71

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 80

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 87

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 130

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	22

Games Started	16	22

Innings Pitched	92.2	116.0

Wins	7	5

Losses	6	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	79	105

Earned Runs	32	57

Home Runs Allowed	12	21

Strikeouts	100	114

Walks	20	46

ERA	3.11	4.42

WHIP	1.07	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	7

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	35.0	27.6

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	25

Earned Runs	15	13

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	35	28

Walks	10	11

ERA	3.84	4.27

WHIP	1.19	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
News
	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	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 20th
	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	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over six innings in Thursday's loss to the Brewers. Chase Davis Fri, Aug 14th
	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	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 8th
	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	Roki Sasaki allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out seven over 5.1 innings in Thursday's win over the Mariners. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Roki Sasaki allowed one earned run on three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven innings in Friday's win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Roki Sasaki SP - LAD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Roki Sasaki (2026)

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