Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 11
VBR	# 29	# 64

Projections

Strikeouts	86	75
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.95	3.38
WHIP	1.11	1.07

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 8

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 10

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 12

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 10

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 12

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 12

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	21	19

Innings Pitched	115.1	105.1

Wins	9	7

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	87

Earned Runs	47	44

Home Runs Allowed	11	16

Strikeouts	138	128

Walks	26	24

ERA	3.67	3.76

WHIP	1.06	1.05

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	12	11

Innings Pitched	72.8	65.0

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	52

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	86	75

Walks	19	15

ERA	2.95	3.38

WHIP	1.11	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Jacob deGrom will start Monday's series opener against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Jacob deGrom will likely start his first game of the second half next week against the Chicago White Sox. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Rangers are uncertain when Jacob deGrom will make his next start. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	Jacob deGrom (hip) will miss his scheduled start on Sunday against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom (hip/leg) expects to make his next start after leaving Tuesday's game against the Angels after five innings. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Jacob deGrom SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Paul Skenes (2026)

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