Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Jose Franco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 914	# 986

Projections

Strikeouts	1	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.06	5.04
WHIP	1.40	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 377	# 479

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.1	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	40	19

Earned Runs	21	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	23	15

Walks	7	16

ERA	7.18	4.43

WHIP	1.78	1.72

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	7.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	7

Earned Runs	1	4

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	1	7

Walks	1	4

ERA	4.06	5.04

WHIP	1.40	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC	Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Reds manager Terry Francona said Jose Franco has been shut down from throwing for two weeks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	The Cubs selected the contract of Jake Woodford. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco departed Tuesday's game against the Guardians due to right elbow discomfort. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Chicago Cubs designated Jake Woodford for assignment on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	Reds right-hander Jose Franco left Tuesday's game against the Guardians early with a trainer. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	The Cubs are reportedly signing right-hander Jake Woodford to a big-league deal on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Jose Franco will pitch in a bulk relief role in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jake Woodford has agreed to a minor-league contract with the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th	Jose Franco will be the 27th man in Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Woodford RP - CHC			Jose Franco SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Woodford for Jose Franco (2026)

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