Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Travis Adams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	‐
VBR	# 132	# 684

Projections

Strikeouts	52	14
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.00	4.50
WHIP	1.21	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 253

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	25

Games Started	13	0

Innings Pitched	73.2	33.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	64	32

Earned Runs	28	21

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	78	38

Walks	17	17

ERA	3.42	5.67

WHIP	1.10	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	19

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	52.5	16.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	47	16

Earned Runs	23	8

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	52	14

Walks	15	6

ERA	4.00	4.50

WHIP	1.21	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
News
	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	Travis Adams allowed one earned run on two hits while throwing 16 pitches over one inning to earn a save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Royals. Matthew Adam Sat, Jun 6th
	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	The Twins recalled Travis Adams from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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	The Twins officially optioned Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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	The Twins optioned RHP Travis Adams to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Travis Adams got the final out of a 6-5 win over the Red Sox to pick up a save on Sunday. Matthew Adam Mon, May 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			Travis Adams SP,RP - MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Travis Adams (2026)

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