Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Ryne Nelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 25	# 178
VBR	# 118	# 751

Projections

Strikeouts	26	7
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.83	4.55
WHIP	1.20	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 179

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 125

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	15

Games Started	18	15

Innings Pitched	104.0	83.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	81

Earned Runs	38	46

Home Runs Allowed	13	18

Strikeouts	110	62

Walks	22	22

ERA	3.29	4.97

WHIP	1.11	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	4

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	25.8	8.6

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	23	9

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	7	3

ERA	3.83	4.55

WHIP	1.20	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, Sep 2nd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Ryne Nelson will “most likely return in a bullpen role.” Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd
	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	Ryne Nelson faced hitters in a 21-pitch simulated game on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	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	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#354
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Sat, Jul 18th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Ryne Nelson (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation