Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 27
VBR	# 1	# 145

Projections

Strikeouts	24	54
Wins	2	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.25	4.01
WHIP	1.17	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	# 48

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 24

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 22

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 36

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 70

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 16

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	14	13

Innings Pitched	85.2	73.2

Wins	8	5

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	64

Earned Runs	17	28

Home Runs Allowed	4	11

Strikeouts	95	78

Walks	26	17

ERA	1.79	3.42

WHIP	0.95	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	4	10

Innings Pitched	20.6	54.8

Wins	2	4

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	49

Earned Runs	7	24

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	24	54

Walks	7	15

ERA	3.25	4.01

WHIP	1.17	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to begin catch play again in Chicago this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Gerrit Cole SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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